Essays about: "non tariff barriers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words non tariff barriers.

  1. 1. Exploring non-tariff barriers inhibiting indigenous African SMEs’ intra-African trade and internationalisation within Sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on Ghanaian SMEs exporting to Nigeria.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Eric Kwami Tsyokor; Farouk Tutu Madara; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The continent is currently, the world’s large free trade area with a 1.2-billion-person marketwhich is expected to double by 2050 is a substantial domestic market with significantopportunities for economic growth. This suggests that promoting intra-African trade (i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. Overlapping Trade Agreements: Stepping Stones or Stumbling Blocks?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christabel Ariekot; [2018]
    Keywords : Trade Facilitation; Regional Trade Agreements; Overlapping Trade blocs; Proliferation; Spaghetti Bowl; New Regionalism.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the effect of overlapping Trade blocs on Trade Facilitation. Using the time, documents and costs incurred as trade facilitation indicators, simulations show interesting yet important effects of an increase in Regional Trade Agreements on trade costs. READ MORE

  4. 3. The effect of sanitary and phytosanitary measures on EU exports: The case of agri-food products

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Gravity Model; Trade; Non-tariff Barriers; SPS; European Union; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : With protectionism on a global rise, non-tariff measures have been an object for public debates and research, as the work of WTO has reduced the possibilities of raising traditional trade restrictions as customs tariffs. Hence governments have turned to non-tariff measures and regulatory standards to fulfill their agendas. READ MORE

  5. 4. Trade barriers on EU's agricultural market : are farmers producing maize and the cocoa- & coffee industry in EU protected by tariffs?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Gustaf Svenungsson; [2016]
    Keywords : agricultural trade; effective rate of protection; tariff escalation; common agricultural policy; EU s common market;

    Abstract : The purpose and aim for this thesis is to determine if the European Union uses tariffs on cocoa, coffee and maize and the Common Agricultural Policy in such a way that it protects European farmers and workers on behalf of farmers and workers in less developed countries. The aim has been fulfilled both by a theoretical study and by calculations tariff escalation and the effective rate of protection on the three crops. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trade Agreements in a Broader Context - Analyzing Drivers of Trade beyond Cuts in Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Henrike Steimer; Anja Hage; [2014]
    Keywords : International Trade; Gravity equation; Preferential Trade Agreements; FDI; Migration;

    Abstract : The prevalence of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) continues to grow and to gain greater prominence as the agreements advance in terms of focus and reach, reflecting global changes in international trade and the world economy. Analyses of the impact of PTAs are quite frequent in academic literature, often identifying a positive impact of PTAs on trade flows, which follows economic intuition. READ MORE