fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international LA FERDI EST UNE FONDATION RECONNUE D’UTILITÉ PUBLIQUE. ELLE MET EN ŒUVRE AVEC L’IDDRI L’INITIATIVE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ET LA GOUVERNANCE MONDIALE (IDGM). ELLE COORDONNE LE LABEX IDGM+ QUI L’ASSOCIE AU CERDI ET À L’IDDRI. CETTE PUBLICATION A BÉNÉFICIÉ D’UNE AIDE DE L’ÉTAT FRANCAIS GÉRÉE PAR L’ANR AU TITRE DU PROGRAMME «INVESTISSEMENTS D’AVENIR» PORTANT LA RÉFÉRENCE «ANR-10-LABX-14-01». Abstract We construct an index of NTM transparency based on notifications to the WTO under the SPS and TBT agreements, the existence of a trade portal giving ready access to trade- relevant regulations, the existence of NTM data collected under the MAST classification, and the results of an experiment conducted between 2015 and 2016 where we asked for specific regulations concerning the import of a particular product on behalf of a private company. The resulting country ranking shows that OECD countries are, by and large, the most transparent, but also shows that ASEAN countries score well compared to other developing countries. Keywords: International trade, Non-tariff measures, transparency, governance, index, ranking JEL Classification: F12, F13, F14, F15, F6 Acknowledgements: This paper is part of an ERIA research project on regional integration in ASEAN. The authors are grateful to the ASEAN Secretariat and to MCC TEC AG for its precious collaboration. Without implicating them, the authors would also like to thank Michael Jensen and Fabio Artuso for useful discussions. All remaining errors are ours. The opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the World Bank, its Board of Directors, or the governments that it represents. Support from ERIA under project ERIA-RD/RA-001-001-406/12/FY14 is gratefully acknowledged. Cadot also grate- fully aknowledges support from France’s Agence Nationale de la Recherche under “Investissement d’Avenir” grant ANR-10-LABX-14-01. Transparency in Non-Tariff Measures : An International Comparison Lili Yan Ing // Olivier Cadot // Janine Walz Lili Yan Ing, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Email: [email protected] (Corresponding author) Olivier Cadot, University of Lausanne, CEPR and FERDI. Email: [email protected]Janine Walz, The World Bank. Email: [email protected]W o r k i n g P a p e r D e v e l o p m e n t P o l i c i e s December 2016 182
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Abstract
We construct an index of NTM transparency based on notifications to the WTO under the SPS and TBT agreements, the existence of a trade portal giving ready access to trade-relevant regulations, the existence of NTM data collected under the MAST classification, and the results of an experiment conducted between 2015 and 2016 where we asked for specific regulations concerning the import of a particular product on behalf of a private company. The resulting country ranking shows that OECD countries are, by and large, the most transparent, but also shows that ASEAN countries score well compared to other developing countries.
Keywords: International trade, Non-tariff measures, transparency, governance, index, ranking
JEL Classification: F12, F13, F14, F15, F6
Acknowledgements: This paper is part of an ERIA research project on regional integration in ASEAN. The authors are grateful to the ASEAN Secretariat and to MCC TEC AG for its precious collaboration. Without implicating them, the authors would also like to thank Michael Jensen and Fabio Artuso for useful discussions. All remaining errors are ours. The opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the World Bank, its Board of Directors, or the governments that it represents.
Support from ERIA under project ERIA-RD/RA-001-001-406/12/FY14 is gratefully acknowledged. Cadot also grate-fully aknowledges support from France’s Agence Nationale de la Recherche under “Investissement d’Avenir” grant ANR-10-LABX-14-01.
Transparency in Non-Tariff Measures : An International ComparisonLili Yan Ing // Olivier Cadot // Janine Walz
Lili Yan Ing, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Email: [email protected] (Corresponding author)
Olivier Cadot, University of Lausanne, CEPR and FERDI.Email: [email protected]
Note: Country rankings within categories with equal index values are arbitrary; by default, countries are ranked by decreasing order of GDP per capita.
SYR Syrian Arab Republic 0 185 0.00 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0
SOM Somalia 0 186 0.00 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0
GRL Greenland 0 187 0.00 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0
WTO notifications TFA trade portal TRAINS data
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