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Passeth The Cran’Brry Sauce: The Medieval Origins Of Thanksgiving, Ken Albala
Passeth The Cran’Brry Sauce: The Medieval Origins Of Thanksgiving, Ken Albala
Ken Albala
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Something Fishy In Seafood Trade? The Relationship Between Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers, Kathy Baylis, Lia Nogueira, Kathryn Pace
Something Fishy In Seafood Trade? The Relationship Between Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers, Kathy Baylis, Lia Nogueira, Kathryn Pace
Kathy Baylis
As importing countries honor WTO commitments and lower tariff rates, they may be replacing traditional tariff barriers with non-tariff barriers. Recent literature has found that the implementation of food safety standards, specifically the use of import notifications and rejections, has acted as a significant barrier to trade in both the EU and the US. This article estimates the relation between declining tariff rates and the use of non-tariff barriers, measured by a count of EU seafood import notifications. We divide the motives for the use of import notifications into risk and protectionism. The results show that while non-tariff barriers are …