Technical Barriers to Trade: Evaluating the Trade Effects of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

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13-Oct-2008

B. Fliess

This study explains expected trade-facilitating benefits and other characteristics of the use of Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDOC) as a conformity assessment procedure and assesses the trade effect of the EU’s adoption of SDOC in three product sectors.

A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector

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02-Oct-2008

Successive rounds of global trade liberalisation have substantially reduced tariff barriers to trade, but non-tariff measures (NTMs) have become increasingly prevalent. This paper investigates different methods used to measure the impact of one type of NTM on trade in the agri-food sector.

Do bilateral and regional approaches for reducing technical barriers to trade converge towards the multilateral trading system?

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30-Nov-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 58. This paper examines provisions regarding “technical barriers to trade” in selected bilateral and regional trade agreements and reviews to what extent such provisions go beyond the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part II: Findings of ten country cases

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19-Sep-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part I: Survey results

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19-Sep-2007

Joy A. Kim and Barbara Fliess

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

The role of trade barriers in SME internationalisation

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20-Dec-2006

Barbara Fliess and Carlos Busquets

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 45.  This paper discusses trade barriers that SMEs are likely to encounter, available policy tools for addressing these barriers, and how SME participation in the trade policy process can be facilitated.

Examining the trade effect of certain customs and administrative procedures

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13-Oct-2006

Norbert Wilson

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 42.  Recent research at OECD provides new evidence that customs and administrative procedures have substantial effects on trade flows.

Analysis of non-tariff barriers of concern to developing countries

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14-Apr-2005

Barbara Fliess and Iza Lejarraga

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 16.  This study identifies non-tariff barriers (NTBs) faced by developing countries in their trade with developed countries and in South-South trade.