Labels, food safety, and international trade

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Several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggest that improving well-being is achievable through trade. The free flow of goods and services internationally, which encourages efficient production and expansion of consumption, may support SDGs concerning inclusive and sustainable economic growth and sustainable consumption and production patterns. However, trade restrictions such as nontariff barriers (NTBs) may stymie potential gains from trade, which supports the SDGs. This chapter explores the trade effects of different NTBs, especially labeling and food safety regulations in food and agriculture. The upshot of this chapter is that trade can enhance economic growth and development. Standards such as labels and food safety regulations may contribute to or hamper this growth, which affects the capacity to attain the relevant SDGs. Thus, future analysis must provide careful assessments of industries, proposed standards, multiple outcomes, and power relationships to identify the effects of standards on trade and development.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 657

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Agriculture in International Trade ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
• Subject: Economics ; Health ; Industry and trade

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Wilson, Norbert L. W.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/163156
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET