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Critique of impact assessment of regional trade agreements using non-tariff measures

Journal of Economics Bibliography

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Title Critique of impact assessment of regional trade agreements using non-tariff measures
 
Creator BANGA, Rashmi; Senior Economist, Unit of Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries (ECIDC), Division of Globalisation and Development Strategies (GDS), UNCTAD, Geneva. Views expressed are personal. Email: Rashmi.banga@unctad.org
 
Subject International trade; Tariff; Non-tariff.
F10; F13; F15; J50.
 
Description Abstract. Are cent study undertaken by Kawasaki (2017) uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to estimate the impact of removal tariffs and non-tariff measures on trade flows and the overall gross domestic product (GDP) of the remaining 11 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP11) partner countries. This note attempts to provide insights into such estimations so as to help in real impact assessments of the tariff and non-tariff provisions of agreements such as the TPP11. It warns that policy makers who seek to rely on such studies need to be aware of the large number of assumptions that underlie the quantification of the non-tariff measures, including that regulation is necessarily negative for trade, and other limitations of the methodology used. The paper also notes these are only one aspect of the broader economic impacts of an agreement that includes chapters on intellectual property, investor protections, government procurement, and state-owned enterprises, among others.Keywords. International trade, Tariff, Non-tariff. JEL. F10, F13, F15, J50.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics Bibliography
 
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Date 2018-03-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1504
10.1453/jeb.v5i1.1504
 
Source Journal of Economics Bibliography; Vol 5, No 1 (2018): March; 36-40
2149-2387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1504/1568
 
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