Non-tariff measures and the WTO

Arbeitspapier

In this paper I sketch out the rough contours of the challenge faced by the WTO in dealing with non-tariff measures (NTMs) as seen from the economic theories of trade agreements. The key questions for the WTO - the answers to which largely dictate the choice between shallow and deep approaches to integration - appear to be two: (1) Is it the terms-of-trade problem or the commitment problem that WTO member governments seek to solve with their WTO membership?; and (2) Is it market clearing or offshoring/bilateral bargaining that is now the most prominent mechanism for the determination of international prices? I suggest that evidence on the first question points to the terms-of-trade theory and hence toward shallow integration, but that answering the second question may be the key to identifying the best way forward on NTMs for the WTO.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WTO Staff Working Paper ; No. ERSD-2012-01

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Externalities ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; International Institutional Arrangements ; Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation ; Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
• Thema: terms of trade ; commitment ; border measures ; behind-the-border measures ; offshoring ; bilateral bargaining ; Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse ; WTO-Regeln ; Terms of Trade ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Staiger, Robert W.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): World Trade Organization (WTO)
• (wo): Geneva
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.30875/5703a171-en
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57619
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ