A framework for evaluating non-tariff barriers to trade related to sanitary and phytosanitary regulation

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-246

  Hooker, Neal H ^a   Caswell, Julie A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032798861     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00810.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Abbott, F. (1997). The Intersection of Law and Trade in the WTO System: Economics and the Transition to a Hard Law System, in Orden, D. and Roberts, D. (eds.), Understanding Technical Barriers to Agricultural Trade. International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Conference Proceedings, 33-48.
2. Baldwin, R. E. (1984). Trade Policies in Developed Countries, in Jones, R. and Kenen, P. (eds.), Handbook of International Economics, Vol. 1. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 571-619.
3. Caswell, J. A. and Kleinschmit v.L, J. K. (1997). Using Benefit-Cost Criteria for Settling Federalism Disputes: An Application to Food Safety Regulation, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79(1), 24-38.
4. Caswell, J. A. and Hooker, N. H. (1996). HACCP as an International Trade Standard, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78(3), 775-779.
5. Codex, Codex Alimentarius Commission (1996). Risk Analysis: Definitions, Procedures and Principles. Codex Committee on General Principles, 12th Session, Paris, France, 25-28 November, CX/GP 96/3.
6. FDA (1995). Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Fish and Fishery Products; Final Rule. Federal Register, 60(242), 65096-65202.
7. GATT-SPS (1994). General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Final Text in The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: The Legal Texts, 69-84.
8. Henneberry, S. R. (ed.) (1997). Foreign Direct Investment and Processed Food Trade. Proceedings of the Conference of NCR-182 "Organisation and Performance of World Food Systems", Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
9. Hillman, J. S. (1991). Technical Barriers to Agricultural Trade. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
10. Hooker, N. H. (1998). Food Safety Regulation and Trade in Food Products. Forthcoming in Special Issue of Food Policy: Developments in Food Safety Regulation, 24 pages.
11. Hooker, N. H. and Caswell, J. A. (1996). Trends in Food Quality Regulation: Implications for Processed Food Trade and Foreign Direct Investment. Agribusiness: An International Journal, 12(5), 411-419.
12. Jacobs, S. H. (1994). Regulatory Co-operation for an Interdependent World: Issues for Government, in Regulatory Co-operation for an Interdependent World, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, 15-46.
13. Kinsey, J. (1993). GATT and the Economics of Food Safety, Food Policy, 18(2), 163-176.
14. Ndayisenga, F. and Kinsey, J. (1994). The Structure of Nontariff Trade Measures on Agricultural Products in High-Income Countries, Agribusiness, 10(4), 275-292.
15. Phumpiu, P. F. and Temel, T. T. (1995). A Conceptual Welfare Analysis of Food Safety Standards in the NAFTA. Working Paper, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.
16. Roberts, D. (1998). Preliminary Assessment of the Effects of the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Regulations, Journal of International Economic Law, (forthcoming).
17. Roberts, D. and DeRemer, K. (1997). Overview of Foreign Technical Barriers to US Agricultural Exports. USDA, Economic Research Service, Commercial Agriculture Division, ERS Staff Paper, March.
18. Rodriguez, C. A. (1979). The Quality of Imports and the Differential Welfare Effects of Tariffs, Quotas, and Quality Controls as Protective Devices, Canadian Journal of Economics, 12(3), 439-449.
19. Sumner, D. A. and Lee, H. (1997). Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Barriers and Empirical Trade Modelling, in Orden, D. and Roberts, D. (eds.), Understanding Technical Barriers to Agricultural Trade. International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Conference Proceedings, 273-285.
20. USDA (1996). Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems; Final Rule, Federal Register, 61(144), 38805-38989.