Quantitative methods for assessing the effects of non-tariff measures and trade facilitation
Section 1. Introduction. 1.1. Directions for research and policy. 1.2. The quantification and impact of non-tariff measures -- Section 2. Obtaining data on the incidence of NTMs. 2.1. A compilation from multiple sources of reported measures which may affect trade. 2.2. Effects of protectionism on Chilean exporters : an exploratory survey -- Section 3. The effects of services-type measures. 3.1. Measuring and modelling barriers to services trade : Australia's experience. 3.2. Non-tariff measures in services measuring gains from movement of skilled personnel -- Section 4. Trade facilitation. 4.1. Assessing the potential benefit of trade facilitation : a global perspective. 4.2. Benefits of trade facilitation : a quantitative assessment -- Section 5. The effects of quota-type and standards-type measures. 5.1. Using directed acyclic graphs and VAR econometrics to simulate the upstream and downstream effects of imposition of an import quota : an application to U.S. wheat-related markets. 5.2. Liberalizing quotas on textiles and clothing : has the ATC actually worked? -- Section 6. Estimating tariff equivalents of NTMs without simulation. 6.1. Estimating tariff equivalents of core and non-core non-tariff measures in the APEC member economies. 6.2. Estimating the tariff-equivalent of NTMs. 6.3. Estimation of nominal and effective rates of protection -- Section 7. The effects of other policies. 7.1. Rules of origin in the world trading system and proposals for multilateral harmonization. 7.2. The reasons for and the impact of antidumping protection : the case of People's Republic of China -- Section 8. Using estimates of NTM impacts in simulations. 8.1. The extent and impact of final goods non-tariff barriers in rich countries. 8.2. Dynamic effects of the "new age" free trade agreement between Japan and Singapore. 8.3. Alternative approaches in estimating the economic effects of non-tariff measures : results from newly quantified measures -- Section 9. Methodological aids. 9.1. WITS - World Integrated Trade Solution. 9.2. Empirical analysis of barriers to international services transactions and the consequences of liberalization. 9.3. Techniques for estimating services barriers. 9.4. Developing governmental analytical capacities in the trade policy area. 9.5. Techniques for estimating trade facilitation effects
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Obtaining Data on the Incidence of NTMs; The Effects of Services-Type Measures; Trade Facilitation; The Effects of Quota-Type and Standards-Type Measures; Estimating Tariff Equivalents of NTMs Without Simulation; The Effects of Other Policies; Using Estimates of NTM Impacts in Simulations; Methodological Aids.
"The papers themselves were originally presented at an APEC capacity building workshop on quantitative methods for assessing non-tariff measures and trade facilitation, held in Bangkok on 8-10 October 2003"--Page vii