Institutional Provision of Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation of Cross-Border Trade

Alla Shlapak; Olha Yatsenko; Tetiana Tananaiko; Lesia Lyskova

doi:10.31520/2616-7107/2023.7.2-1

Alla Shlapak Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8697-7039
Olha Yatsenko Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Kyiv, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4399-2217
Tetiana Tananaiko Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9579-8198
Lesia Lyskova Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Kyiv, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-7445

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31520/2616-7107/2023.7.2-1

Abstract

Introduction. The study is devoted to a comprehensive study of the global trade system in conditions of global economic instability, in particular, to the identification and analysis of the determinants of deepening its asymmetries in the regional perspective. The study contains a description of the peculiarities of the modern global trade system and regulatory regime, including tariff and non-tariff methods of regulating cross-border trade and key trends in its development.

Aim and tasks. The purpose of the study is to diagnose the institutional provision of tariff and non-tariff regulation of cross-border trade in order to determine the presence or absence of asymmetries in the global trade system in the regional context.

Results. The study identifies and systematizes fundamental features of the modern global trade system whose development has been directly or indirectly influenced by regional asymmetries. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of the major international economic organizations as the main regulators of the cross-border trade process, and to the study of the impact of the use of tariff and non-tariff import and export regulatory tools on cross-border trade asymmetries. The world trading system is divided by country and individual customs territory, depending on whether it belongs to a certain geographical area or to a group of countries with a certain level of economic development.

Conclusions. Although the expansion of global trade has visually slowed down, the integration of world trade is not over, on the contrary, there are clear signs of the beginning of a completely new phase of globalization. The presence of asymmetry in the world trading system in a geographical context, regardless of the size of the region, has been theoretically proven. According to the criterion of the asymmetry of the trading system depending on the level of economic development of the countries, in general, there is a tendency to increase the level of liberalization of trade regimes by the increase in the level of development. At the same time, it has been proven that belonging to the group of least developed countries does not necessarily mean closed access to national markets, and categorization as a developed country does not indicate the application of the least number of non-tariff measures to regulate trade volumes. At the same time, Ukraine remains a country that has undertaken the most liberal obligations regarding providing access to markets for both goods and services. As one of the world's leading exporters of agricultural products in 2020, Ukraine has set the customs tariff level at 11%, the lowest among group members.

Keywords:

tariff and non-tariff measures, cross-border trade, asymmetric trading, trade liberalization, institutionalization.

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