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    The Importance of Technical Barriers to Agri-Food Trade: Evidence from the TBT Specific Trade Concerns Raised at the WTO 

    Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2019-06-15)
    This Working Paper distinguishes between 212 specific trade concerns (STCs) related to regulatory measures affecting trade of agri-food products and 336 concerning other products. These STCs were discussed at the WTO during ...
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    Potential Economic Effects on the Philippines of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 

    Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2015-02)
    The TPP is a potential economic block in Asia Pacific. If the negotiations are successful, the TPP can have important implications for the Philippines whether it decides to join or not because countries in TPP are important ...
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    Technical Barriers Affecting Agricultural Exports from China: The Case of Fresh Apples 

    Orden, David; Gao, Lili; Xue, Xiang; Peterson, Everett B.; Thornsbury, Suzanne (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2007-12)
    This report addresses technical barriers that limit the agricultural trade of China in the case of phytosanitary barriers to fresh apple exports. Apple production in China has increased substantially in recent years and ...
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    Linking Risk and Economic Assessments in the Analysis of Plant Pest Regulations: The Case of U.S. Imports of Argentine Lemons 

    Thornsbury, Suzanne; Romano, Eduardo (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2007-12)
    This study evaluates consideration to allow shipments of Argentine fresh lemons into the United States. Besides providing analysis of an on-going and still disputed systems approach, this case was viewed as a relevant test ...
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    A Review of Literature on the Economics of Invasive Species 

    Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David; Peterson, Everett B. (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2009-09)
    There is increased demand within the regulatory processes of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a higher level of analysis that integrates pest risks with economic considerations. This paper reviews the ...
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    Review of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): What it means, where it is headed, and why it matters 

    Belden, Cory; Orden, David (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2011-09)
    Between November 30 2010 and January 4 2011, the Food Drug and Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), or HR 2751, was passed through the US governing bodies, representing the first large-scale change ...
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    Economic Impact Analysis of the Reduction in Sugar Tariffs Under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement: The Case of the Philippine Sugar Sector 

    Cororaton, Caesar B. (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2013-09)
    The objective of this paper is to examine the potential effects on the Philippine economy as the government fulfills its sugar commitment. The paper utilizes three simulation models in the analysis: The GTAP model; a ...
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    Using the Trans-log Expenditure Function to Endogenize New Market Access in Partial Equilibrium Models 

    Peterson, Everett B. (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2011-08)
    While Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) utility functions are a common choice in empirical partial and general equilibrium models because they are parsimonious in the number of model parameters, they are not well ...
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    Preliminary Report: Potential Economic Effects of the Reduction in Agricultural and Nonagricultural Trade Barriers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 

    Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2016-10)
    The objective of this paper is to provide an assessment of the potential economic effects in the U.S. and EU28 of reducing the trade barriers between the two economies¹. A global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model ...
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    Some Notes on the Economic Environment Affecting the Debate on the Agricultural Act of 2014 

    Novoa, Miguel Albert; Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David (Virginia Tech. Global Issues Initiative, 2014-10)
    The recent U.S. farm bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 7, 2014 as the Agricultural Act of 2014. Traditionally, farm bills are passed every five years, but the recent bill, ...

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    SubjectRegional trade (2)Agriculture (1)Developed Countries (1)Developing Countries (1)European Union 28 (1)... View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2019 (7)2007 - 2009 (3)AuthorOrden, David (7)Cororaton, Caesar B. (6)Peterson, Everett B. (3)Thornsbury, Suzanne (2)Belden, Cory (1)... View MoreHas File(s)Yes (10)

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