Suchergebnisse

For all the economies in the global world the question of trade is becoming more important by the day. But the possibility to export on the global market meets many impediments in the form of non-tariff barriers, rather than tariff these days. CEFTA 2006 regional trade integration is not an exception with more than 100 NTBs introduced during its existence. Our research found that Serbia and Albania are CEFTA 2006 signatories with the most NTBs introduced in the observed period. CEFTA has a very efficient institutional mechanism, Subcommittee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), for the removal of NTBs between signatories. We have researched three case studies of bilateral NTBs in Serbia's intra-CEFTA 2006 which demonstrate that our trade partner uses policy oriented NTBs. The removal of NTBs at the global, as well as regional levels is crucial for the development of trade flows after the world economic crisis.

The analysis covers governance indicators and competitiveness in the EU. It clarifies the main concepts and terminology used in this area and provides an overview of the national level indicators. The government's role in agricultural sector competitiveness is of crucial importance, starting from creating the general business environment to the specific factors that influence agricultural sustainability. The analysis of the governance indicators and competitiveness in this paper was based on the pillar 6 of Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). The best performers in terms of competitiveness have experienced both good governance and policy implementation, while countries with the worst trade performance have faced significant problems in governance structures. However, relative change in governance structures also affects the competitive position of the EU countries. The new Member States are generally in less favourable position than the old Member States. This fact calls for better government performance in order to develop competitive agricultural sector both within the EU market and worldwide.