Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures

Patrick Messerlin (1) , Jamel Zarrouk (2)

1 ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po)
2 Economic Research Forum

Examines technical regulations (TR) and customs regulations under the general headline of trade facilitation. Failure of customs procedures in developing countries to the growing volume of trade; Dependence of service providers on efficient customs procedures; Complaints on the adoption of TR that seem to substitute for quantitative restrictions.

Domaines: Economies et finances

Patrick Messerlin, Jamel Zarrouk. Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures. The World Economy, 2000, 23 (4), pp.577 - 593. ⟨10.1111/1467-9701.00291⟩. ⟨hal-03416544⟩