Characterising non-tariff trade policy

Bericht

Starting in the 1960s with the Kennedy Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), nontariff measures (NTMs) have been replacing tariffs continuously as the core element of trade negotiations. Today they take centre stage in all EU trade agreements with industrialised and emerging economies. By matching product codes to the rich data of NTM notifications to the World Trade Organization and complementary information provided by the Temporary Trade Barriers Database, we provide a valuable open data source for trade policy analysis. Using data for 148 NTM-imposing economies for the period 1995-2019, we describe the evolution of different types of NTMs along countries and sectors, with a special focus on NTMs implemented by the EU. The analysis of our data, paired with comparisons with other sources, shows the merits and shortcomings of the WTO's service in providing transparency over members' trade policies.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: wiiw Research Report ; No. 449

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Policy ; Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
• Thema: non-tariff measures ; trade policy ; trade barriers ; database ; open data ; WTO ; I-TIP ; TTBD

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Grübler, Julia ; Reiter, Oliver
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
• (wo): Vienna
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223099
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ