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Food standards in trade agreements: differing regulatory traditions in the EU and the US and tips for the TTIP
- Source :
- SWP Comment
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- DEU, 2014.
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Abstract
- The European Union is both the largest exporter and importer of agricultural products in the world. Its major trading partners are the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, and China. This trade in agricultural products is influenced by a number of political measures. In addition to tariffs, trade in foodstuffs is increasingly influenced by so-called nontariff measures (NTMs), among which are threshold values for pesticide residues, production standards, and packing- and labeling standards. In fact, such measures can impact the costs of trade much more than tariffs. Reducing these NTMs within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) offers enormous prospects for economic growth. (author's abstract)
- Subjects :
- Handel
Economics
Risikoabschätzung
United States of America
Internationale Beziehungen
Regulierung
WTO
internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Agrarprodukt
ddc:330
agricultural product
internationales Abkommen
USA
Nahrungsmittel
food
Wirtschaft
risk assessment
regulation
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
commerce
Harmonisierung
Wirtschaftspolitik
harmonization
international agreement
Internationale Handelsordnung
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Economic Policy
International relations
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
EU
ddc:327
international economic relations
Subjects
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SWP Comment
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1272..60b463a6879208c0c59ad4cd975085d0