Free Trade Agreements and Globalisation. In the Shadow of Brexit and Trump.

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of free trade agreements (FTAs); their number, content and impact. It examines trade and FTAs for the whole world, split into seven major regions. The book presents a new numerical model of world trade, with results from 110 countries and regions. The results...

Free Trade Agreements and Globalisation. In the Shadow of Brexit and Trump. (E-book)

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of free trade agreements (FTAs); their number, content and impact. It examines trade and FTAs for the whole world, split into seven major regions. The book presents a new numerical model of world trade, with results from 110 countries and regions. The results...

Norwegian exports in global value chains

This study analyses the participation of the Norwegian economy in global value chains in 2000-2014, following the gross exports decomposition framework in Koopman, Wang and Wei (2014) and using the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The analysis shows that Norway increased its participation in global...

Handelspolitikken under Trump

Artikkelen analyserer USAs handelspolitikk under president Trump, nærmere ett år etter Trumps valgseier. Trumps handelspolitikk innebærer slutten på 70 år med USA i ledelsen for det globale handelssystemet. Trumps politikk er fortsatt i utvikling, og bare ¼ av nøkkelstillingene i Trumps administrasjon...

TTIP and Norway: Impact and trade policy options

This study analyzes TTIP, its implications for Norway and Norway’s trade policy choices. TTIP will hardly be concluded under Obama's presidency, but the agreement could become a reality within a few years. TTIP aims at comprehensive cooperation in the regulatory area. In the short term there will...

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...

Interessekonflikter i norsk handelspolitikk

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 / Arne Melchior og Ulf Sverdrup (redaktører)

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,...

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

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...

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...