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Nontariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains

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  • John C. Beghin

    (Department of Economics and Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011)

  • Miet Maertens

    (Division of Bioeconomics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Heverlee, B-3001 Belgium)

  • Johan Swinnen

    (Department of Economics and LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3000 Belgium
    Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305)

Abstract

We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food markets, international trade, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with special attention to the North-South context. We also attempt to better characterize when these measures constitute protectionism, a complicated task. We look at studies investigating public and private standards and across various quantitative approaches and countries. These standards have complex effects. The evidence is mixed regarding standards as catalyst for or as impediment against trade and development, reflecting the complexity of these effects and their specificity to industries and countries. The analysis of standard-like nontariff measures and their impacts does not lead to sweeping prescriptions for policy reforms. We identify more modest prescriptions and make some recommendations for fruitful research directions.

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  • John C. Beghin & Miet Maertens & Johan Swinnen, 2015. "Nontariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 7(1), pages 425-450, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:7:y:2015:p:425-450
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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