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Title	Taking stock of Niger’s existing regional and global trade agreements
Author	Traoré, Fousseini
ORCID	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-9293 Traore, Fousseini
Publication Year	2018
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Place of publication	Netherlands
Language	English
Record Type	Book chapter
Abstract	This chapter examines the global and regional trade agreements signed by Niger, their implementation status, and the main obstacles to their full implementation. For the agreements that involved strong commitments by Niger, the results are mixed in terms of implementation. For tariff related measures, Niger has implemented all its commitments with the exception of the recent violations of its WTO bound tariffs following the introduction of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET). As for non-tariff commitments, Niger has made considerable progress although there is room for improvement. It has put in place most of the institutions needed to implement the agreements and adapted its legislation accordingly, in particular to comply with the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement and the sub-regional regulations under both ECOWAS and WAEMU. The creation of the National Standardisation Council (CNN) as well as the National Board for Ensuring Conformity with Standards (AVCN) are in pursuit of this objective. With regard to custom valuation, with a few exceptions, the country applies the transaction value principle, in accordance with the WTO custom valuation agreement, and WAEMU and ECOWAS regulations. The main challenges for customs are related to the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) adopted at the Bali Conference in 2013. The private sector needs support in building capacities to comply with international norms and standards. Also supply-side constraints (poor road and transport infrastructure, ineffective telecommunication services) should be addressed so that the country can take advantage of the liberalisation process.
Source Publication	In Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector, eds. Fleur Stephanie Wouterse and Ousmane Badiane. 2018. Chapter 9, Pp. 185–222
DOI/WEB/URL	https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-873-5_9
DOI Number	10.3920/978-90-8686-873-5_9
Full citation	Traoré, Fousseini. 2018. Taking stock of Niger’s existing regional and global trade agreements. In Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector, eds. Fleur Stephanie Wouterse and Ousmane Badiane. Chapter 9, Pp. 185-222. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-873-5_9
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI4 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply 3 Building Inclusive and Efficient Markets, Trade Systems, and Food Industry 5 Strengthening Institutions and Governance G Cross-cutting gender theme 4 Transforming Agricultural and Rural Economies
IFPRI Division	MTID AFR
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	PR
Access Rights	Open Access
Subject - country location	NIGER WEST AFRICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA
Subject - keywords	trade agreements trade trade policies infrastructure tariffs
Related Documents	Book: http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll5/id/6306 Book chapters: http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/search/collection/p15738coll5/searchterm/Fostering%20transformation%20and%20growth%20in%20Niger%E2%80%99s%20agricultural%20sector/field/source/mode/all/conn/and/order/date
Physical description	37 pages
Times cited-- Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C9&q=%22Taking+stock+of+Niger%E2%80%99s+existing+regional+and+global+trade+agreements%22&btnG=
IFPRI Publication Ranking	C
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Funding	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005185 Millennium Challenge Corporation
Date created	2018-08-08
Date modified	2018-08-10
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Taking stock of Niger’s existing regional and global trade agreements

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