Study period

Regional coverage

NTM measure

Methodology

Findings

Reference

1990-2001

European Union

TBT

The gravity model

Harmonisation of food regulations has led to more intra-EU trade

Frahan and Vancauteren (2006)

1991-2016

Developing, developed

All NTMs

The gravity model

Country-specific NTMs tend to favour imports of wine, SPS and export-related measures are the most trade-enhancing NTMs

Santeramo et al. (2019)

1995-2005

Developing, developed

Import-related NTMs

The gravity estimation based on the monopolistic competition trade model

Trade liberalization may promote food exports from developed countries however prohibit the ones from low-income countries

Olper and Raimondi (2011)

1996-2010

Developing, developed

SPS

The gravity model

Conditional on market entry, trade flows are positively affected by SPS measures

Pramila and Jasmin (2016)

2001-2014

China and its trading partners

Import-related NTMs

The gravity model

Technical NTMs tend to have positive effects on trade flows

Timini and Conesa (2019)

2002-2015

China, Japan, and Korea

SPS, TBT

The gravity model

Chinese SPS measures encourage Korean agricultural exports

Wood et al. (2019)

1996-2015

Developing, developed

Import-related NTMs

The gravity model and the inventory approach

There exists a positive correlation between the economic development level of importing countries and industrial countries are more likely to use NTMs relative to developing countries

Ederington and Ruta (2016)