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This book presents a descriptive analysis of the political economy of the European Community, the U.S. and Canada. It describes the structural changes and the crises in agriculture and focuses on impact of GATT on agricultural policy and trade in the post-Second World War era.

Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries presents research findings based on a series of commodity studies of significant economic importance to developing countries. First, the book sets the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-cutting issues. Trade and domestic policy regimes affecting agricultural and food markets are described, and the resulting patterns of production and trade are assessed. The book follows with an analysis of product standards and costs of compliance and their effects on agricultural and food trade. An investigation of the impact of prefer

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Why Is Agricultural Liberalization at the Center of the Doha Round? -- Why Is a Doha Agreement on Agricultural Liberalization Not Enough? -- Plan of the Book -- 2 The Problem: Rich Countries Supporting Rich Farmers -- Mechanisms for Supporting Farmers -- The WTO Framework for Negotiating on Agriculture -- Patterns of Support Across Countries -- Patterns of Support Across Commodities -- Implications for the Doha Round -- Appendix 2A Producer Support Estimate for US Cotton -- 3 Prospects for Reform: Lessons from US and European Experience -- The Evolution of US and European Agricultural Policy -- Decoupled EU, US Subsidies: Implications for the Doha Round -- Reform Obstacles and Opportunities in 2006 -- 4 Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries -- Agricultural Trade and Developing Economies -- The Opportunities: What Do Developing Countries Export? -- What Are the Challenges? -- Domestic Obstacles to Grasping Trade Opportunities -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards: Both a Challenge and an Opportunity -- 5 The Devil in the Doha Details -- Export Subsidies and the Role of Food Aid -- Domestic Support -- Market Access -- 6 Delivering on Doha's Promise -- Special and Differential Treatment -- Aid-for-Trade and Supply Constraints -- Recommendations for a Doha Package Deal -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

This book presents International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium commissioned papers. The papers systematically explore the conceptual and empirical dimensions of the new trade theory and try to determine the potential application to agricultural trade and trade policy analysis.

This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture stands out as a sector in which countries stubbornly defend domestic programs, and agricultural issues have been the most frequent source of trade disputes in the postwar trading system. While much protection remains, agricultural trade negotiations have resulted in substantial concessions as well as ne

When trade ministers meet in the United States( ) late this year, they may launch a new round of global trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). If the ministers indeed initiate this "millennium round," agriculture will be part of it. Otherwise, agricultural negotiations will proceed on their own, since Article 20 of the Uruguay Round (UR) Agreement on Agriculture states that agricultural negotiations should be resumed during 1999. ; Contents: 1. Overview / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla and Sherman Robinson -- 2. Latin American perspective / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla and Lucio Reca --3. Asian perspective / Marcus Noland -- 4. African perspective / Natasha Mukherjee and Rebecca Lee Harris -- 5. Transition Economies' perspective / Ulrike Grote and Peter Wehrheim -- 6. European Union perspective / Stefan Tangermann -- 7. United States of America perspective / Dale Hathaway -- 8. Least-developed Countries' perspective / Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Marcelle Thomas, and Valeria Piñeiro -- 9. Cairns Group perspective / Kym Anderson. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; Markets and Trade; 2020 ; TMD; DGO

This annual publication provides information on policy developments and related support to agriculture in OECD countries and selected partner economies, measured with the OECD Producer Support Estimate methodology. Countries covered represent about 80% of the global value added in agriculture. The report includes a general discussion on developments in agricultural policies and specific chapters for each country covered.

U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TRADE AND TAX ISSUES -- U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TRADE AND TAX ISSUES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 MAJOR AGRICULTURAL TRADE ISSUES IN THE 114TH CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- Overview of U.S. Agricultural Exports1 -- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)5 -- U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)7 -- Regulatory Coherence-Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Non-Tariff Barriers -- Intellectual Property Rights-Geographical Indications (GIs) -- U.S.-EU Beef Hormone Dispute9

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Agricultural commercialization, gender equality, and the right to food -- SECTION I Commercialized livelihoods, gender, and food security -- 1 From food crop to food shop. Agricultural commercialization, food security, and gender relations in Cambodia -- 2 Gender, agricultural commercialization, and food security in Ghana -- 3 Emerging rural food markets in Kampong Thom (Cambodia): Right to food, gender, and shifting food cultures -- 4 Gender, changing food cultures, and food security in the context of agricultural commercialization in Ghana -- SECTION II Gender(ed) policies for food security in a commercializing world -- 5 Gender mainstreaming in a hybrid state: Entanglements of patriarchy and political order in Cambodia's food security sector -- 6 Minding the gap in agriculture and food security: Gender mainstreaming and women's participation in policy processes in Ghana -- 7 Agricultural commercialization and gender mainstreaming in decentralized Ghana: The politics of business -- SECTION III Rights to food, land, and gender equality -- 8 Feminist legal geographies of land titling, indebtedness, and resistance in rural Cambodia -- 9 Legal pluralism, gender justice, and right to food in agrarian Ghana -- 10 Social security in the extractive state: Gender, land inheritance, and agrarian change in Ratanakiri, Cambodia -- 11 Constitution, courts, right to food, and gender equality in Ghana -- From the unequal harvests of commercialization to the right to food and gender equality: What roles for governments, agribusinesses, and rural communities? -- Index.

Explores the cultural economies of two "non-traditional" commodity trades between Africa and Europe - one anglophone, the other francophone - in order to show not only why they differ but also how both have felt the fall-out of the wealthy world's food scares