Regulatory Reform in the Global Economy
Subtitle: Asian and Latin American Perspectives
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789264163157
Subjects: Finance and Investment; Governance
Description: As border barriers to international trade and investment continue to be reduced thanks to liberalisation efforts, "behind-the-border" barriers -- which are typically regulations aiming at achieving domestic objectives such as health, safety, environmental or consumer protection -- are increasingly recognised as impeding trade and competition. The OECD project on regulatory reform has undertaken to tackle these new trade problems. This Workshop is aimed at expanding the horizon to dynamic economies outside the OECD area, particularly those in Asia and Latin America. What are the regulatory reform challenges for those economies, and how can they remain competitive in a global economy? How effectively can international mechanisms help them? The discussion revealed that regulatory reform has undoubtedly become a truly "global issue". This proceedings volume examines the role regulatory failures played in Asia's economic crisis, looks at regional trade groupings such as Mercosur and sheds light on the current international debate on food regulation as well as on the latest developments concerning the Information Technology Agreeement (ITA).
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Gerhard Abel; title: Abbreviations; title: Part I: Effects of Domestic Regulations on International Trade and the Benefits of Reform; title: Costs Associated with Divergent National Product Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures and the Impact on International Trade by Spencer Henson; title: The Regulatory Dilemma in Southeast Asia by Deunden Nikomborirak; title: Regulatory Reform and International Market Openness by Djamester A. Simarmata; title: Regulation as a Trade Issue from a Chilean Perspective by R. Fischer; title: Regulatory Reform and the Opening Up of Brazil's Economy by Pedro Da Motta Veiga; title: International Trade and Regulatory Reform: A Korean Perspective by Dr. Jong Seok Kim; title: Part II: Trace and Regulatory Reform in the Agro-Food Sector; title: Section A. Agro-Food Trade and Regulatory Reform; title: Agro-Food Trade and Regulatory Reform: An Overview by Wayne Jones and Eirikur Einarsson; title: Regulatory Issues Affecting Trade in Agro-Food Products and Role of Regulatory Reform: An -Exploratory Note from Thailand by Dr. Suthipand Chirathivat; title: Trade and Regulatory Reform in the Agro-Food Sector by Alberto de las Carreras; title: Agricultural Trade Policies and Trade Relations by Christopher Haskins; title: Section B. Role of Governments and Institutions; title: Trade and Regulatory Reform in the EU Agro-Food Sector: Issues of Food Quality, Food Safety, Health, and Hygiene by Hans-Christian Beaumond; title: Agriculture in Brazil: Development, Trade, and Competition; title: Part III: International Mechanisms to Address Domestic Regulations in a Globalising Economy; title: Japanese Experience with Promoting Regulatory Reform by His Excellency Yoshiji Nogami; title: Regulatory Reform, Trade, and Telecommunications Goods and Services by John Sullivan Wilson; title: Consolidation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and Coordinated Domestic Reform by Uziel B. Nogueira; title: Regulatory Reform from the Perspective of Chinese Taipei by Fadah Hsieh; title: Closing Session; title: Summary of Discussions: A Personal Interpretation of the Debate and the Task Ahead by Geza Feketekuty