Market access barriers and non-tariff measures can appear through a variety of regulatory, legislative or procedural routes, carrying significant costs to businesses or otherwise prohibiting or restricting trade. Research in this area should aim to improve measurement of trade barriers and how they arise, what their real business impact is, and the extent of actionability.
The data, statistics and measurement questions on market access and non-tariff measures are:
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International trade is of vital importance for modern economies, and governments around the world try to shape their countries' exports and imports through numerous interventions. Given the problems facing trade negotiat...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project focuses on evaluating the impact of non-tariff barriers, which is directly related to quantifying the impact of good regulatory practice.
Virtually every government grants subsidies in various forms in order to sustain companies and industries. Subsidies present an ambivalent nature and may produce various effects. They may distort the working of market fo...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project focuses on the regulation of subsidies in the WTO, which is not directly related to quantifying the impact of good regulatory practice.
What types of trade agreements should the UK join post-Brexit? The world trading system, comprised of multilateral, mega-regional, and bilateral trade agreements offers multiple paths forward for the future of UK trade. ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project focuses on analyzing the impacts of trade agreements, which is partially related to quantifying the impact of good regulatory practice.