Non-tariff Measures

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Do Bilateral and Regional Approaches for Reducing Technical Barriers to Trade Converge Towards the Multilateral Trading System?

30-Oct-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.

Examining the trade effect of certain customs and administrative procedures

30-Jan-2007

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.

Trends in conformity assessment practices and barriers to trade: Final report on survey of CABs and exporters

17-Aug-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 37.  This paper reports detailed findings from a 2004/05 survey on the nature and trade impact of conformity assessment procedures, notably perceptions about conformity assessment barriers to trade.

Workshop and Policy Dialogue on standards and conformity assessment in trade: compilation of submissions, Berlin, 21-22 November 2005

06-Mar-2006

Hosted by the German government and convened jointly with InWEnt gGBmbH, this Workshop brought together policymakers, regulators and representatives of standards, accreditation and conformity assessment bodies, as well as representatives of business groups and other stakeholders. Participants shared experiences and discussed recent work in the field by OECD and other organisations. This volume compiles the written submissions by programme participants.

Quantifying the trade and economic effects of non-tariff measures

23-Jan-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 28. Significant progress has been made in quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures since OECD commissioned its last major review of this topic in 1997.  This paper reviews the literature of NTMs and assesses the different methods available. 




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