The Impact of Regulations on Agro-Food Trade [electronic resource]: The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreements /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Jones, Wayne,1951-
Walkenhorst, Peter.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
Agricultural trade disputes over issues such as beef hormones and genetically modified organisms have received wide public attention and illustrated the trade-off between domestic and international policy objectives. This report examines pertinent issues at the interface between domestic policy objectives, technical regulations and agricultural trade. It also discusses approaches to measuring the trade impacts of food safety and other technical measures, and presents empirical evidence concerning the trade effects of resolving controversial food safety issues.
Preliminaries; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 Background; Chapter 2 Implementation of the TBT and SPS Agreements; Chapter 3 Quantifying the Economic Impact of Technical Measures; Chapter 4 Model Based Findings on the Impact of SPS Measures; Chapter 5 Measuring the Trade Effects of the SPS Agreement in the Area of Health and Safety; Annex 1 Summary of WTO Committee Interventions and Disputes; Annex 2 Overview of the TBT and SPS Agreements; Bibliography
Published also in French as: L'impact des réglementations sur le commerce de produits agroalimentaires : les accords sur les obstacles techniques au commerce (OTC) et l'application des mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires (SPS).
"This report was prepared and edited by Wayne Jones and Peter Walkenhorst ..."--Page 3.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-151).
Agricultural trade disputes over issues such as beef hormones and genetically modified organisms have received wide public attention and illustrated the trade-off between domestic and international policy objectives. This report examines pertinent issues at the interface between domestic policy objectives, technical regulations and agricultural trade. It also discusses approaches to measuring the trade impacts of food safety and other technical measures, and presents empirical evidence concerning the trade effects of resolving controversial food safety issues.
Produce trade
Produce trade
Food
Food adulteration and inspection
Food adulteration and inspection
Foreign trade regulation.
Non-tariff trade barriers.