Quantifying the costs of non-tariff measures in the Asia-Pacific region, Initial estimates

Abstract

NZIER was engaged by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide technical assistance to feed into New Zealand’s contribution to the APEC ‘Collective Strategic Study on Issues related to the Realisation of the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific’. The focus of this assistance was on quantifying the costs of non-tariff measures in the APEC region.