Market access and preferential trading schemes: evidence from selected developed and developing countries

Year of publication2006

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractThis report is aimed at analyzing the degree of protection faced by exporters in the EU, Japan, the United States, China, India and Brazil, and at identifying the contribution of product groups to the observed degree of market access. Data on the level of applied trade barriers provided by the MAcMap database is employed to compute Mercantilistic Trade Restrictiveness Indexes (MTRIs) on the basis of bilateral trade flows generated within a general equilibrium model framework. Results indicate that notwithstanding the rhetoric on trade preferences, developing country exporters appear to be still substantially restricted in their trade with some of the major developed country markets, such as the EU, Japan and the United States. Also, the three developing countries involved however impose significant restrictions on the access to their markets.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesFAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Paper

Areas of workTrade Policy and Partnerships