Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade

Can It Be Done?

Keith E. Maskus, John S. Wilson

240 pages, parution le 01/12/2001

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Résumé

A discussion of the increasingly contentious debates over national regulations of safety and health in the international trade system.

This book provides an up-to-date discussion of economic issues involved in analyzing regulations of product quality and performance in international trade. Among the issues addressed in this collection are restrictions on genetically modified foods and pesticide use and compatibility standards for computers. While such regulations may serve important goals, they may also interfere with international trade flow by raising the costs of compliance. This is of special concern to developing countries, which have found it difficult to meet the increasingly exacting regulations imposed by the United States and Europe.

Keith E. Maskus and John S. Wilson gather prominent international trade specialists to ask whether the impacts of such regulations may be quantified systematically in order to inform the international policy debate. The essays included here cover all fronts of the debate over regulatory issues and trade conflicts. The discussion ranges from a review of how trade conflicts emerge and how they are managed by the international trading system to a technical analysis of the potential impact of European restraints on trade in genetically modified products to an examination of methods for estimating the costs of compliance with environmental regulations. Considerable attention is paid to whether the emergence and enforcement of stronger standards among developed economies could result in diminished trade opportunities for developing countries. At the same time, the possibility that standards could expand market access through resolving consumer information problems is analyzed.

This book will appeal to international economists, international relations specialists, and individuals concerned about appropriate regulation of safety and health issues in the global economy.

Contents

Preface
Tables and Figures
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 A Review of Past Attempts and the New Policy Context 1
2 An Empirical Framework for Analyzing Technical Regulations and Trade 29
3 Regulatory Protectionism, Developing Nations and a Two-Tier World Trade System 59
4 Standards and Related Regulations in International Trade: A Modeling Approach 95
5 Quantifying the Trade Impact of Compatibility Standards and Barriers: An Industrial Organization Perspective 137
6 GMOs, Trade Policy and Welfare in Rich and Poor Countries 155
7 Quantifying the Trade Impact of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards: What is Known and Issues of Importance for Sub-Saharan Africa 185
8 Measuring Environmental Compliance Costs and Economic Consequences: A Perspective from the U.S. 219
Contributors

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Éditeur(s)	The University of Michigan Press
Auteur(s)	Keith E. Maskus, John S. Wilson
Parution	01/12/2001
Nb. de pages	240
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	568g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780472112470
ISBN13	978-0-472-11247-0