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The Epistemic Infrastructure of Trade Negotiations — How Technical Standards Shape Market Access More Than Tariffs

The Epistemic Infrastructure of Trade Negotiations — How Technical Standards Shape Market Access More Than Tariffs

贸易谈判的认识论基础设施——技术标准如何比关税更深刻地塑造市场准入

  1. Behind tariff schedules lie dense ecosystems of technical regulations governing product safety, interoperability, and environmental compliance.
  2. Harmonized standards lower trade costs, but their development remains dominated by advanced economies’ regulatory epistemologies.
  3. Developing countries often adopt standards without participation in drafting, creating de facto regulatory dependency.
  4. Conformity assessment procedures — testing, certification, accreditation — constitute hidden non-tariff barriers far costlier than duties.
  5. Digital trade agreements now prioritize mutual recognition of conformity assessment bodies over tariff elimination.
  6. Standards-setting forums operate with minimal parliamentary scrutiny despite shaping industrial competitiveness for decades.
  7. The WTO’s TBT Agreement lacks enforcement teeth against procedural opacity in standard-setting processes.
  8. Sectoral dominance in standards translates directly into export market share and technology licensing leverage.
  9. Emerging economies increasingly deploy 'standards diplomacy' to influence global rulemaking agendas.
  10. Regulatory coherence initiatives aim to align domestic standardization capacity with international participation thresholds.
  11. Trade policy literacy now requires understanding metrology infrastructure as much as customs classification.
  12. Market access is increasingly determined by who writes the test protocol — not who sets the duty rate.
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