Quantifying the Trade Effects of NTMs: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Ronen, Eyal

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3010217

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“…The above references show that removing selected NTMs (most look at standards and technical regulations) would likely increase trade. Ronan [17] states that a particular NTM will increase trade if its demand-enhancing effect dominates its trade-cost effect, either through removing or reducing the trade cost of that NTM. Therefore, the assessment of the trade effects of NTMs among and within regions, countries or firms, is important in assessing impact of legislative alignment.…”

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Groups of products with improved market access & improved exports

Mark¹,

Piatnytska²,

PIATNYTSKYI³

2022

Herald of KNUTE

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Introduction. The results of Ukraine’s activities within the framework of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, including provisions on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), improving market access means not only the reduction of tariffs, but also the reduction of non-tariff measures through alignment with EU rules. Problem. Competition between rules leads to convergence of standards in practice. However, the issue of continuation of national diversities is empirical. The aim of the study is to identify the relationship between product groups with improved access and exports within the study of European perspectives for the further development of Ukraine. Methods. The study uses general and special research methods. Results. It is substantiated that Ukrainian business can increase the productivity and efficiency of its activities by adopting EU standards by 13–30 %. It is established that a smaller share of imports in a particular country’s total imports would imply greater trade costs in that country for the exporting country, and vice versa. All products with HS4 codes which market share in EU is less than market share in the world are identified. Ineffective products within the scope of the DCFTA have been identified. In order to identify these products a special formula is proposed. An economic-mathematical approach for evaluating export growth in conditions of conflict-free trade is proposed. Conclusions. Tariffs are not the only barrier to market entry in the EU. Some of the largest trade transaction costs have been seen to be a major barrier to export development which was addressed within the DCFTA. Further investigation could be focus on assessing the competitiveness of products with improved access.

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Groups of products with improved market access & improved exports

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PIATNYTSKYI³

2022

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“…Countries worldwide, especially WTO member countries, have begun eliminating tariff policies, including Indonesia. At the same time, implementing non-tariff measures (NTMs) to protect domestic producers experiences a rise (Jordaan, 2017;Ronen, 2017). NTMs refer to policy measures other than tariffs impacting international trade in goods (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD], 2021).…”

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Non-Tariff Measures and Competitiveness of Indonesia’s Natural Rubber Export in Destination Countries

Prasada

Dhamira

2022

J AGRIB RURAL DEV RES

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In the last few decades, the implementation of tariff policies between countries has declined. As a result, the enforcement of non-tariff measures (NTMs) experiences an increase. Implementing NTMs raises a new obstacle to trade activities in the global market, including the trade of Indonesia’s natural rubber. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of enforcing NTMs on the export competitiveness of Indonesia’s natural rubber. This study utilized secondary data from UN COMTRADE on 1995 to 2019. The data was analyzed using frequency index, coverage ratio, comparative advantage, and two-stage least square regression model. The results revealed that India, China, and the USA enforced the most NTMs of Indonesia’s natural rubber. Additionally, the implementation of NTMs in importing countries positively correlated to the export competitiveness of Indonesia’s natural rubber in destination countries.

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“…Many studies in the literature have investigated the impact of regulatory NTMs on trade values (Bao & Qiu, 2010, 2012; Blyde, 2023; Disdier et al, 2008; Ronen, 2017a, 2017b; Winchester et al, 2012), trade volumes (Beghin et al, 2015; Bratt, 2017; Ghodsi et al, 2017; Kee et al, 2009; Niu et al, 2018), trade prices (Cadot & Gourdon, 2016) and quality. Recent studies in the literature have found a positive impact of regulatory NTMs on trade, as they improve the quality of traded goods (Curzi et al, 2020; Disdier et al, 2020; Fałkowski et al, 2019; Fiankor et al, 2021; Ghodsi & Stehrer, 2022; Ha & Zhang, 2022; Ing & Cadot, 2017; Trienekens & Zuurbier, 2008; Wilson & Otsuki, 2004; Yue, 2021).…”

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Regulatory convergence within technical barriers to trade

Ghodsi

2023

World Economy

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This paper analyses how regulatory convergence in different categories of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) imposed on imports of goods in information and communications technology (ICT) globally affected the values, volumes and unit values of imported goods during the period 1996–2019. Keywords cited in TBTs that are notified to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) give an indication of the regulatory objectives behind the imposition of TBTs. MAST also classifies TBTs based on their applicability, procedural and administrative uses, factors which will also be taken into consideration in the analysis. However, the objectives of TBTs may provide better insights to policymakers. TBTs are non‐discriminatory measures that are imposed unilaterally on all trading partners and on domestic producers. It is not feasible to analyse unilateral TBTs in a gravity setting, as they are excluded by the introduction of country‐product‐time fixed effects that control for multilateral resistances. However, regulatory convergence in TBT categories is a bilateral time‐varying variable that is analysed in a gravity model in this paper. The empirical results suggest that regulatory convergence between trading partners in some TBT categories stimulates import values and volumes. However, the impact is very heterogeneous across TBT objectives and classes and across ICT product categories.

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Quantifying the Trade Effects of NTMs: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Cited by 9 publications

References 49 publications

Groups of products with improved market access & improved exports

Groups of products with improved market access & improved exports

Non-Tariff Measures and Competitiveness of Indonesia’s Natural Rubber Export in Destination Countries

Regulatory convergence within technical barriers to trade

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