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The Impact of Non‐tariff Barriers on Trade and Welfare

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ID9728568
AuthorsSwati Dhingra (0000-0001-5468-3415, LSE, Centre for Economic Performance and CEPR, corresponding author), Rebecca Freeman (0000-0001-6493-5997, Centre for Economic Performance London UK), Hanwei Huang (0000-0001-5238-8594, City University of Hong Kong)
Year2023
Volume90
Issue357
Pages140-177
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ecca.12450
OpenAlexW3132545806
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited48

Deep trade agreements (DTAs) are widespread and have taken the world beyond tariff liberalization in goods trade. As the importance of global supply chains and the services sector has increased across the world, shallow tariff reductions have given way to deeper commitments that address non‐tariff barriers and behind‐the‐border barriers to trade. This paper shows that DTA commitments undertaken since the Uruguay Round have increased trade in goods and trade in services by over half in the long term. Taking reduced‐form trade elasticity estimates to a general equilibrium quantitative model, DTAs contributed over 40% to the welfare gains from trade globally and even more for advanced economies. China, India and the Eastern European bloc benefited the most from trade agreements. While most of the gains in China and India came from tariff reductions, the gains to Eastern Europe came largely from deep commitments during its accession to the EU. Applying the DTA estimates to ex ante analysis of Brexit, the losses to the UK from its departure from the deepest trade agreement in the world would not be offset by new deep trade deals with key non‐EU trade partners

Accession · China · Commercial policy · Comparative advantage · Computable general equilibrium · Economic integration · Economics · Economy · European union · Free trade · Geography · Goods and services · International economics · International free trade agreement · International trade · Macroeconomics · Tariff · Trade barrier · Welfare · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI · International Development and Aid

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Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
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