North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade
Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the liter...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18552913/north-south-standards-harmonization-international-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16903 |
| id |
okr-10986-16903 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
AD VALOREM AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FLOWS BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BLOC IMPORTS BLOC TARIFFS BORDER MEASURES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONVERGENCE COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS UNION DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING NATIONS DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DOMESTIC SALES DOMESTIC STANDARDS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT TAX EXPORT TAXES EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL EFFICIENCY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADING GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE LEGAL TEXT LIBERALIZING TRADE MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MEMBER COUNTRIES MFN TARIFFS MULTILATERAL ARENA MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF MEASURES PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY RESEARCH PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION CHAINS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY STANDARDS RULES OF ORIGIN SAFETY STANDARDS SCALE ECONOMIES SINGLE MARKET STANDARD ERRORS TAX TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DATA TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EFFECT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FLOW TRADE FLOWS TRADE FORUM TRADE IMPACT TRADE IN GOODS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE SYSTEM TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRADING VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION |
| spellingShingle |
AD VALOREM AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FLOWS BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BLOC IMPORTS BLOC TARIFFS BORDER MEASURES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONVERGENCE COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS UNION DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING NATIONS DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DOMESTIC SALES DOMESTIC STANDARDS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT TAX EXPORT TAXES EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL EFFICIENCY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADING GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE LEGAL TEXT LIBERALIZING TRADE MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MEMBER COUNTRIES MFN TARIFFS MULTILATERAL ARENA MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF MEASURES PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY RESEARCH PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION CHAINS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY STANDARDS RULES OF ORIGIN SAFETY STANDARDS SCALE ECONOMIES SINGLE MARKET STANDARD ERRORS TAX TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DATA TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EFFECT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FLOW TRADE FLOWS TRADE FORUM TRADE IMPACT TRADE IN GOODS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE SYSTEM TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRADING VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| relation |
Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6710 |
| description |
Recent years have seen a surge in
economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development
of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing
number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little
attention has been given in the literature to the effects of
NTM liberalization in the context of EIAs. In this paper, we
focus on provisions for technical regulations and analyze
whether the North-South harmonization of technical barriers
affects international trade. Using a gravity equation, it
tests whether, as a result of the deep integration
associated with standards provisions included in the EIA,
the Southern partners' trade expands with the North,
but at the expense of their trade with non-bloc Southern
partners. Empirical results provide strong support for this
conjecture. Moreover, harmonization on the basis of regional
standards negatively impacts the exports of developing
countries to the North. |
| format |
Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier |
| author_facet |
Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier |
| author_sort |
Disdier, Anne-Célia |
| title |
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| title_short |
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| title_full |
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| title_fullStr |
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| title_full_unstemmed |
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade |
| title_sort |
north-south standards harmonization and international trade |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18552913/north-south-standards-harmonization-international-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16903 |
| _version_ |
1764434948379377664 |
| spelling |
okr-10986-169032021-04-23T14:03:33Z North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade Disdier, Anne-Célia Fontagné, Lionel Cadot, Olivier AD VALOREM AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE BARRIERS TO TRADE BILATERAL FLOWS BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BLOC IMPORTS BLOC TARIFFS BORDER MEASURES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES CONVERGENCE COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS UNION DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING NATIONS DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DOMESTIC SALES DOMESTIC STANDARDS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT TAX EXPORT TAXES EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL EFFICIENCY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADING GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES HARMONIZATION IMPORT DEMAND IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE LEGAL TEXT LIBERALIZING TRADE MARKET REGULATIONS MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MEMBER COUNTRIES MFN TARIFFS MULTILATERAL ARENA MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS NATIONAL LEGISLATION NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF MEASURES PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY RESEARCH PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT STANDARDS PRODUCTION CHAINS PRODUCTION COSTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL BASIS REGIONAL HARMONIZATION REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL STANDARDS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY STANDARDS RULES OF ORIGIN SAFETY STANDARDS SCALE ECONOMIES SINGLE MARKET STANDARD ERRORS TAX TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL REGULATION TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DATA TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DISTORTIONS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EFFECT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FLOW TRADE FLOWS TRADE FORUM TRADE IMPACT TRADE IN GOODS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ANALYSIS TRADE RELATIONS TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE SYSTEM TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRADING VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS VALUE OF EXPORTS VOLUME OF TRADE WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in the context of EIAs. In this paper, we focus on provisions for technical regulations and analyze whether the North-South harmonization of technical barriers affects international trade. Using a gravity equation, it tests whether, as a result of the deep integration associated with standards provisions included in the EIA, the Southern partners' trade expands with the North, but at the expense of their trade with non-bloc Southern partners. Empirical results provide strong support for this conjecture. Moreover, harmonization on the basis of regional standards negatively impacts the exports of developing countries to the North. 2014-02-04T22:21:30Z 2014-02-04T22:21:30Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18552913/north-south-standards-harmonization-international-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16903 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6710 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |