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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"NTMs"”.
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Quantifying the trade impact of non-tariff measures: Econometric and CGE Analysis
… focuses on the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on merchandise trade. NTMs are broadly defined as policy measures, other than tariffs, which may have an impact on international trade in goods and services. This is an area of emerging importance, for both researchers and policy makers. My …
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Locating functional brain areas with magnetic stimulation and electrophysiological neuroimaging
… for navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) and for electro-/magnetoencephalography (EEG, MEG), with a particular focus on providing means to answer where in the brain the interesting processes take place. Navigated TMS allows us to interfere with brain activity non-invasively. As the …
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International Agricultural Trade Costs and Non-Tariff Measures
… such as tariffs and non-tariff measures (NTMs), impact trade competitiveness and globalization in the agricultural sector. The dissertation consists of three chapters. The first chapter argues that agricultural trade cost evolution differs from other sectors due to frequent regulations, …
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Economic integration of the East African community
… of the EAC on tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs). The results indicate that the EAC is associated with the reduction of overall trade costs across all sectors. When the trade costs are further broken down into tariffs and NTMs, the impact of the EAC is seen to have been more successful in …
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Essays on global value chains
… the expansion of GVCs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) have increased. Chapter 4, however, finds that these NTMs do not significantly affect the export values of goods within that same value chain.
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The clinical relevance of structural modifications in the cell envelope glycans of Mycobacterium abscessus
… disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) globally. As an opportunistic pathogen, individuals who have dysfunctional immunological and/or mechanical defenses are at the greatest risk of acquiring M. abscessus, but individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) are the most disproportionately …
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Assessing the consistency of the implementation of the Namibian Horticultural Market Share Promotion Scheme under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
The application of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and specifically non-automatic import licensing schemes has been a source of intense debate to date, despite prohibitive provisions enshrined in multilateral trade agreements. The main aim of this case study research was to assess the consistency of the …
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The Impact of Technical Measures on Agricultural Trade: A Case of Uganda, Senegal, and Mali."Improving Food Security through Agricultural Trade"
… estimates the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) notified by the importing countries on agricultural trade. The non-tariff measures constitute the technical measures notified under the SPS and TBT agreements and the non-technical measures to trade. Two approaches are used; the inventory …
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Assessing the Potential of Granular Activated Carbon Filters to Limit Pathogen Growth in Drinking Water Plumbing Through Probiotic Versus Prebiotic Mechanisms
… of new pipes, concentrations of Lp and NTMs in the effluent bulk water were similar among the experimental conditions, except that the CMPRs receiving the GAC-treated + particle-filtered influent water experienced a two-log reduction in NTMs. These results demonstrate that the …
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Three Essays on Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade and U.S. Market Access to China
… policy to focus on increasing compatibility of NTMs across trading nations. The third paper examines China's evolving agricultural and trade policies and discusses the potential impact on U.S. exports to China. China's agricultural imports, and policies affecting those agricultural products, …
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Trade and investment effects of free trade agreements: The case of Vietnam
… to Vietnam’s capital growth, with goods NTMs contributing most in the scenario with the greatest liberalisation.
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Modeling risks associated with water reuse in agriculture
… The results of this study indicated that NTMs pose a negligible risk, ammonia has minimal risk, and L. pneumophila can be a risk to individuals within 500 m of the active irrigator. It is therefore recommended that wastewater be anaerobically digested, or disinfected in an equivalent way, …
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Complexity and fragility: an assessment of New Zealand trade relations
… and the application of non-tariff measures (NTMs). These factors considerably increase the difficulty of measuring and predicting future trade relationships at the sectoral and the firm level. In order to provide a practical and empirical contribution to the literature on international trade …