Private Standards in the WTO
A Multiple Streams Analysis of Resisting Forces in Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5858818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yi Shin Tang (0000-0003-3389-1666, Universidade de São Paulo), Bruno Youssef Yunen Alves De Lima (0000-0003-0258-5658, Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 501-527 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contexto Internacional (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-8529 • E-ISSN: 1982-0240 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-8529.2019410300002 |
| OpenAlex | W2993454095 |
| SciELO | S0102-85292019000300501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The international trade system has been facing a relative decrease in the relevance of tariffs in favour of non-tariff, regulatory requirements (technical, sanitary and phytosanitary standards). The proliferation of these measures, which essentially consist of rules on product labelling and on production processes and methods, may be explained by the growing influence of private agents, such as corporations and business associations. Although these players are willing to develop and enforce a competing regulatory framework such as this on a broader range of topics, this may also generate more fragmented trade rules at both geographic and substantive levels, thus leading to a significant resistance among governments to integrate private standards into the multilateral trade system. Therefore, a mounting debate emerges on the ways in which private standards have been stonewalled in the current negotiation processes of the World Trade Organization (WTO). By relying on Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework (MSF), we address this question with a particular focus on the current efforts and struggles within the WTO to incorporate private regulations into the international trade agenda
Business · Economics · Industrial organization · International economics · International trade · Negotiation · Political science · Product (mathematics · Production (economics · Tariff · Technical barriers to trade · Technical standard · Trade barrier · Global trade and economics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · World Trade Organization Law · Law
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Rules for the World
A Social Theory of Trade Regime Change
Strategic use of private standards to enhance international competitiveness
A River Runs Through It
The Role of International Policy Transfer Within the Multiple Streams Approach
Delphic oracles
The New Transnational Activism (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics)
Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach
Multiple streams in EU policy-making
The Dynamics of Foreign Policy Agenda Setting
Ideas, Networks, and Policy Streams
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |