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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"sanitary and phytosanitary measures"”.
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: The Case of Mexican Avocados
This thesis examines the effects on demand, supply, imports, and prices of partial easing of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) barriers to trade in the U.S. market in the case of Mexican avocados. The SPS Agreement plays a role in the avocado market studied here through its implications for …
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An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of SPS Regulations on U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exports
… trade is that imported products are safe, and do not pose a risk to human, animal and plant health. To address this issue, all countries maintain measures to ensure that imported food is safe for consumers, and to prevent the spread of disease among animals and plants. These measures, by …
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Technical barriers to trade for the importation of Australian veterinary biological vaccines to the European Union
Technical barriers to trade are product health and safety related regulations imposed by governments to restrict or control the inflow and outflow of particular products. This thesis begins with a brief review of governments' sovereign rights in the context of international standards to be adopted …
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Gene drives and international trade : an analysis of World Trade Organization rules and their governance of ecosystem-altering organisms
… potential applications in disease mitigation and pest management, countries may develop and release these self-propagating products of biotechnology in the near future. Such products will cross international borders through natural organism movement and through trade, potentially altering not …
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New Market Access in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports to the United States
Imports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the United States have grown by more than 350 percent since 1989. Factors such as rising consumer incomes, the desire for greater variety and availability of fresh produce throughout the year, and a reduction in trade barriers through multi-lateral and …
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Three Essays in Empirical Economics
… of three essays. The first essay estimates a demand function for compressed natural gas as a fuel substitute to diesel fuel for firms with hybrid fleets. The data is from the Energy Information Administration, for the years 1989 to 2009, for 47 states. Results show that an increase of $0.10 in …
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An Assessment of Technical Barriers in Central American Agricultural and Food Trade
This dissertation explores technical regulations (sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, technical barriers to trade, and geographical indications) in Central American agricultural and food trade. In the first part, a framework to systematically evaluate the broad issues for developing …
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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"
This thesis 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 …