Food Price Differences Across Indian States: Patterns and Determinants

The paper examines food price differences across Indian states during 2004-2014 using food consumer prices from household surveys and wholesale/retail prices for selected goods. At the individual product level there are large price differences across states, with prices doubling or trebling across India...

TTIP and third countries: The role of trade policy spillovers

Some recent analysis of TTIP has predicted a more positive outcome for third countries because it was assumed that that trade barrier reductions in TTIP also benefited third countries in the form of ”trade policy spillovers”. The article examines the conceptual and empirical foundation for such spillovers...

Food Price Differences Across Indian States. Patterns and Determinants.

The paper examines food price differences across Indian states during 2004-2014 using food consumer prices from household surveys and wholesale/retail prices for selected goods. At the individual product level there are large price differences across states, with prices doubling or trebling across India...

TTIP og Norge: Virkninger og handlingsvalg

Denne studien analyserer TTIP-avtalen, dens virkninger for Norge og Norges handlingsvalg. TTIP-forhandlingene blir neppe avsluttet under Obamas presidenttid, men avtalen kan bli en realitet i løpet av få år. TTIP tar sikte på omfattende samarbeid på reguleringsområdet. På kort sikt blir det begrenset...

Handelspolitikken for tekstilvarer 1977-86

EU som handelspolitisk aktør

Introduksjon

Trade barriers or trade facilitators? On the heterogeneous impact of food standards in international trade

Interessekonflikter i norsk handelspolitikk

I handelspolitikken er det ofte et dilemma mellom offensive næringer som ønsker frihandel og best mulig tilgang til eksportmarkedene, og defensive næringer som ønsker beskyttelser mot import. For eksempel ønsker fiskerinæringen i dag fri handel for å øke eksporten, mens Norge for landbruksnæringen har...

Internasjonale handelsavtaler 2015 : trender og utfordringer

Trade barriers or trade facilitators? On the heterogeneous impact of food standards in international trade

Recent research shows that food standards can be heterogeneous across sectors or countries: they sometimes act as barriers to trade, but in other cases may lead to increased trade. We present empirical evidence from Norwegian seafood export data showing that food standards, measured by SPS and TBT notifications,...

The World Trade Organization enlargement, tariffs and world seafood trade.

The document shows that there has been a major success in the World Trade Organization (WTO) with the addition of 31 new members. This has contributed to lower tariffs for seafood trade. Among the founding members of the WTO, many have considerable “water in the tariffs” and the legal option of raising...

Post-Soviet Trade, Russia's Far East and the Shift to Asia

Transatlantisk frihandel og Norge

Forhandlingene om et handels- og investeringspartnerskap (TTIP) mellom EU og USA er svært ambisiøse og har som mål å fjerne tollbarrierer samt en rekke regulatoriske hindringer mellom de to partene. Avtalen er ment å dekke handel i både varer og tjenester samt investeringer. I rapporten analyserer vi...

Økonomiske virkninger av en frihandelsavtale mellom EU og USA

Rapporten skisserer bakgrunnen for forhandlingene om en frihandelsavtale mellom USA og EU (TTIP – Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) og de mulige økonomiske virkningene. To sentrale studier, utført av CEPR i London samt IFO-instituttet i Tyskland, anslår betydelige økonomiske gevinster for...

Who needs Special and Differential Treatment?

TTIP - Economic Consequences and Possibilities for Third Countries: the Case of Norway

The possible realisation of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA may have significant impacts, also for third countries. This policy brief analyses the economic consequences and possibilities for one third country – Norway – discussing both TTIP and a separate...

Norway, Asia and the Global Value Chains. Asia’s Growth and Norway’s Economic Links to Asia.

This report is written as part of a project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2013. The core project team has included the authors of this report, Donghyun Park, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Innwon Park, Korea University, Seoul. This report focuses on the economic development...

International trade, trade costs and middlemen: a New look at miror data

A case study of Norway’s beef trade from developing countries