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Non‐Tariff Measures in Agri‐Food Trade: What Do the Data Tell Us? Evidence from a Cluster Analysis on OECD Imports
Author(s) -
Disdier AnneCélia,
Tongeren Frank
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/ppq008
Subject(s) - tariff , product (mathematics) , international trade , economics , cluster (spacecraft) , international economics , business , geometry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
Non‐tariff measures (NTMs) play an increasing role in the international trade of agri‐food products. Although well‐recognized, this role has not been extensively analyzed at a disaggregated level. This paper focuses on NTMs enacted by member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development for 777 products. Using a cluster‐analysis, the paper identifies the correlation between the occurrence of NTMs, their trade coverage, and the incidence of trade frictions for these products. The paper relates the statistical findings to the political economy literature on protection to explain cross‐product differences in the occurrence of NTMs and trade frictions.