The Status Of The World Trade Organization Negotiations On Agriculture

Author : Hoda, Anwarul,Gulati, Ashok
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801886980

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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries by Hoda, Anwarul,Gulati, Ashok Pdf

The World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of trade talks has been plagued by a lack of concrete progress toward establishing a fair and harmonious agricultural trading system. Because the results of the Doha Round could have far-reaching implications for the trade and economic prospects of developing countries in the twenty-first century, it is critical for these countries to fully understand the issues involved in the negotiations on agriculture. However, there has been no authoritative analysis of the rules and modalities on which governments of developing countries can rely. This book, coauthored by an insider to the trade talks that led to the establishment of the WTO, fills this gap. The volume begins with a detailed analysis of the provisions of the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture and the modalities of the negotiations. It examines the implementation experience of key members of the WTO, then traces the developments in the negotiations up to the recent impasse. In light of these considerations, and on the basis of a case study of India, the authors propose various elements of a negotiating position and strategy for developing countries. The authors offer tough but realistic recommendations regarding tariffs, market access, treatment of sensitive or special products, and other aspects of international trade. This book will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners as well as students seeking in-depth knowledge of the recent history of agricultural trade talks.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050325864

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The Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on Agriculture by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agricultural subsidies
ISBN : MINN:31951D02473777Z

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To Review the Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on Agriculture by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Pdf

Author : Michael Cardwell,Margaret R. Grossman,C. P. Rodgers
Publisher : CABI
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0851998461

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Agriculture and International Trade by Michael Cardwell,Margaret R. Grossman,C. P. Rodgers Pdf

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture has had a fundamental impact on agricultural policy worldwide. The new WTO agreements will cover agriculture,sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade and trade in intellectual property rights. This book addresses the interface between the law of international agricultural trade, the emerging legal and economic order for agricultural trade under the auspices of the WTO, and its impact on agricultural policy reform both in the European Union and the USA. With contributions from leading authorities in the appropriate areas.

Author : United States. Congress,United States Senate,Committee On Agriculture
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1984952439

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To Review the Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on Agriculture by United States. Congress,United States Senate,Committee On Agriculture Pdf

To review the status of the World Trade Organization negotiations on agriculture : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, September 21, 2005.

Author : Anwarul Hoda,Ashok Gulati
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Research Inst
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801887933

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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries by Anwarul Hoda,Ashok Gulati Pdf

Lack of progress toward establishing a fair and harmonious agricultural trading system has plagued the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of trade talks. Because the results of the Doha Round could have far-reaching implications for the trade and economic prospects of developing countries, the trade community requires an authoritative analysis of the rules and modalities of the negotiations. This book, coauthored by an insider to the trade talks that led to the establishment of the WTO, fills this gap.

Author : Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publisher : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCBK:C084903566

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Making Progress in Global Agricultural Trade by Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Pdf

This update provides current information on what is happening in the World Trade Organization (WTO) agriculture negotiations. It deals with such matters as: the Doha mandate for agriculture negotiations; the draft modalities text of the Chairman of the WTO agriculture negotiations; the Doha Development Agenda; Canada's objectives for the agriculture negotiations; the domestic policies and negotiating positions of the United States, European Union and key developing countries.

Author : Merlinda D. Ingco,John D. Nash
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821354858

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Agriculture and the WTO by Merlinda D. Ingco,John D. Nash Pdf

Annotation This comprehensive reference explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from a developing country perspective. Throughout, the focus is on ensuring that the outcome of WTO negotiations contributes to growth in developing countries.

Author : Ms. Olajumoke Omoniyi Oduwole
Publisher : Stanford University
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:ps629hb2783

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Realigning International Trade Negotiation Asymmetry by Ms. Olajumoke Omoniyi Oduwole Pdf

Recently, it has become apparent to developing countries in the WTO that their limited bargaining power has, in fact, been a stumbling block to obtaining desired negotiation outcomes in the multilateral trade system. Thus, to execute any fundamental changes to the status quo, there was a need to cluster together, pool resources and form alliances to leverage their collective strength in the negotiations. What remained unclear, however, was what role this increased coalition activity by developing countries played in the current WTO negotiations process. Therefore, the primary purpose of this dissertation is to describe how this shift toward coalitions as a negotiation strategy by developing countries occurred and to consider the possible implications of this coalition strategy for the future of the multilateral trading system. Due to the complexity of the Doha Round, I restricted my area of study to the Doha Round agriculture negotiations as a single case study, since agriculture is the undisputed "locomotive" of the Round, having set the tone for the majority of the negotiations. Using qualitative data, I captured a contextual description of four developing country agriculture coalitions -- Cotton-4, G-20, G-33 and G-90 -- as "nested cases" throughout the agriculture negotiation process from March 2003 to March 2010. I described the function of developing country coalitions in the negotiations by comparing and contrasting aspects of each coalition's negotiation strategy or tactics during the research study period. In sum, I investigate my preliminary assessment of the reason coalition strategy emerged as the dominant negotiation tool for developing countries in this particular WTO Round. I then describe how these coalitions maneuvered in the ongoing negotiations during the study period. At the end of my descriptive comparative analysis, I was able to explain the significance of coalitions as a strategic tool for developing countries in WTO trade rules negotiations as well as assess the specific role that each of the four case study coalitions have played in the negotiation process. In conclusion, the study highlights some of the lessons learned from developing country coalition strategy in this Round. The information derived could serve as a platform for further research in this area and eventually explain the raison d'être behind the negotiated outcomes.

Author : Glauber, Joseph W.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Negotiating agricultural trade in a new policy environment by Glauber, Joseph W. Pdf

The challenges to meeting the growing global food demand—population and income growth and supply uncertainties complicated by climate change, environmental pressures, and water scarcity—all point to the increasing importance of trade and the need for a more, not less, open trading system. Growth in agricultural trade has been facilitated in part through the rules-based system established under the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). The AoA was implemented in 1995 and brought substantial discipline to the areas of market access, domestic support, and export competition. However, progress since the Uruguay Round has been limited. While the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) was launched with much anticipation in 2001, members failed to reach agreement in July 2008 and the trade agenda in Geneva has since advanced slowly. Despite the best efforts of many, the negotiating intensity seen in late 2007 and 2008 has largely dissipated, in part due to the global recession and the inevitable changes in governments that sometime shift the focus of negotiations. Serious efforts were made to renew the negotiations, but in the end, members have had to be content with harvesting the low-hanging fruit, such as trade facilitation and export competition. Although there have been significant accomplishments, they represent but a small portion of what was on the table during the DDA negotiations. In addition, negotiated settlements on the tougher issues, such as market access and domestic support, have become more difficult to obtain in isolation. The recent experience at the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires highlights the difficulties of reaching a negotiated settlement on domestic support in isolation from, say, market access. Given the increasing importance of trade in addressing food security needs and its critical role in efforts to eliminate malnutrition and hunger by 2030, achieving further progress in the liberalization of world trade is of paramount importance.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050150692

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Status of Agricultural Trade Issues and Negotiations with the People's Republic of China and the European Union by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade Pdf

Author : Michiel Keyzer,Max Merbis,Geert Overbosch
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9251044236

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WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries by Michiel Keyzer,Max Merbis,Geert Overbosch Pdf

The 3rd Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at Seattle was not able to launch a new and comprehensive round of multilateral trade negotiations, but it is expected that in the coming years the WTO will be the forum of these negotiations, commonly referred to as the Millenium Round. Developing countries are currently greatly involved in the WTO process and seek active participation in this round. In relation to least developed countries in Africa, and with Ethiopia as country for a case study, the present paper argues that the Agreement on Agriculture, part of the Uruguay Round, has put a system of basic mechanisms into place but not led to significant agricultural trade liberalization. At the same time, a new host of issues have emerged that relate directly or indirectly to food and agriculture. The report highlights the various interactions between these subjects from the perspective of Ethiopia.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063995190

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Status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade Pdf

Author : Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla,Søren Elkjær Frandsen,Sherman Robinson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845930509

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WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization by Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla,Søren Elkjær Frandsen,Sherman Robinson Pdf

Based on original research by the Food and Resource Economic Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, this book addresses the controversial issue of the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. Written from the perspective of developing countries, it addresses the main issues raised by developing countries' governments, politicians, farmers organizations, NGO's, trade specialists and development specialists. It focuses on the key issues of food security, poverty, regional agreements, multifunctionality in agriculture and the trade of genetically modified products, as an input to policy reform within the World Trade Organization trade negotiations.

Author : Sanoussi Bilal,Pavlos Pezaros
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-24
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110298887

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Negotiating the Future of Agricultural Policies:Agricultural Trade and the Millennium WTO Round by Sanoussi Bilal,Pavlos Pezaros Pdf

With the conclusion of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture in 1994, agriculture has for the first time been integrated into world trade rules and disciplines. WTO Members have made a commitment to continue the reform process initiated during the Uruguay Round by starting new WTO negotiations on agriculture by 2000. This book combines academic analysis with practical expertise to discuss, in an accessible and systematic way, some of the principal aspects of these agricultural negotiations, and aims to make recommendations for viable and successful negotiating positions in the new WTO talks on agricultural trade. Several expert articles outline the historical and political background of previous negotiations and policy developments in agricultural trade. Others provide an overview of the key issues for the new round of negotiations, including: the Common Agricultural Policy reform in view of the Millennium Round objectives and future enlargement of the European Union; the prospects for negotiations in the areas of market access and export subsidies; and aspects of primary importance for the future of international agricultural trade such as food safety and quality standards, environmental and animal welfare considerations, and issues under dispute in the WTO. The positions of leading actors in the new round of negotiations, including major countries (Japan and the United States), groups of countries (the European Union, the Cairns Group and net food-importing countries) and European farmers are also presented.