Technical Barriers to Agricultural Trade with the Pacific Rim

The increased affluence and westernization of the Pacific Rim countries show promise for expanded opportunities for the marketing of agricultural exports from the U.S. Increased exports would help reduce the current U.S. trade deficit with that region and enhance U.S. farm income. The current and pr...

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Published in:Journal of international food & agribusiness marketing 1992-03, Vol.3 (4), p.25-40
Main Authors: Nielson, Noel, Colling, Phil, Lu, Yao-chi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The increased affluence and westernization of the Pacific Rim countries show promise for expanded opportunities for the marketing of agricultural exports from the U.S. Increased exports would help reduce the current U.S. trade deficit with that region and enhance U.S. farm income. The current and proposed removal of traditional tariff and quota barriers will help the U.S. with its exports. However, most non-tariff or technical barriers will remain, or may even be increased. These barriers include animal and plant health standards and food additive laws that can cause as much difficulty to exporters as tariff and quota barriers. A country may even substitute technical barriers for traditional tariff and quota barriers. The technical barriers can potentially be reduced through global standardization of food safety laws and bilateral trade agreements. Some of the barriers, such as increasing the shelf life of food products and creating better fumigation an treatment methods, can be overcome through scientific research.
ISSN:0897-4438
1528-6983
DOI:10.1300/J047v03n04_03