Food fights over free trade : how international institutions promote agricultural trade liberalization

Christina L. Davis

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

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Davis, Christina L.
Publisher:	Princeton : Princeton University Press
Subject:	Handelsliberalisierung \| Trade liberalization \| Agraraußenhandel \| International agricultural trade \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Agrarpolitik \| Agricultural policy \| Internationale Handelspolitik \| International trade policy \| Japan \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Interessenpolitik \| Lobbying \| Verhandlungen \| Negotiations \| Freihandel \| Free trade
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (422 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; FOOD FIGHTS OVER FREE TRADE; Title; Copyright; To Kosuke; Contents; List of Figures; 1.1 Agriculture Import Growth in Japan and the EU; 2.1 Expectation for Liberalization According to Negotiation Structure; 3.1 Negotiation Structure Effects on Predictions of Liberalization (U.S.-Japan); 3.2 Threat Effect on Predictions of Liberalization (U.S.-Japan); 3.3 Negotiation Structure Effects on Predictions of Liberalization (U.S.-EU); 3.4 French Council Presidency Effect on Predictions of Liberalization; 4.1 Trend in Agricultural Budget Expenditures by Japan 7.1 Trend in Agricultural Budget Expenditures by the EU8.1 U.S. Wheat Exports to the EU, 1971-1998; List of Tables; 1.1 Cross-National Comparison of Land and Farm Population in 1999; 1.2 Reduction of Support to Agriculture; 2.1 Record of Dispute Settlement Activity; 3.1 Ten Cases of Beef Negotiations; 3.2 Negotiation Context; 3.3 Base Model for Estimating Policy Liberalization; 3.4 Ordered Probit Regression: Japanese Agricultural Liberalization; 3.5 Effect of Key Variables on Predicted Liberalization (U.S.-Japan); 3.6 Ordered Probit Regression: EU Agricultural Liberalization 3.7 Effect of Key Variables on Predicted Liberalization (U.S.-EU)4.1 Japan: OECD Estimates of Support to Agriculture; 5.1 Chronology of Three Sets of Quota Negotiations; 5.2 Fifteen Agricultural Import Quota Products; 5.3 Public Support for Settling Trade Disputes by Law; 5.4 Growth in Imports Following 1988 Agreement; 6.1 Japanese Rice Market Liberalization; 6.2 Summary of Case Outcomes; 7.1 EU: OECD Estimates of Support to Agriculture; 7.2 EU Agricultural Statistics; 8.1 Agricultural Commitments in Uruguay Round; 9.1 World Beef Market; 10.1 Empirical Results 10.2 Outcomes for Dispute Settlement ProceedingsA.1 Negotiation Outcomes, Japan; A.2 Negotiation Outcomes, EU; A.3 Descriptive Statistics, Japan; A.4 Descriptive Statistics, EU; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; FOOD FIGHTS OVER FREE TRADE; 1. Introduction; Agricultural Protection; Perspectives on Trade Negotiations; Methodology and Organization; I NEGOTIATION STRUCTURE AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION; 2. Framework for Analysis of Negotiations; Issue Linkage; Legal Framing; Expectations for Liberalization; Choice of Negotiation Structure; Conclusion; 3. Patterns of Agricultural Liberalization Negotiation Structure HypothesesAlternative Hypotheses; Agricultural Trade Negotiation Data; Statistical Analysis of Policy Liberalization; Conclusion; II U.S.-JAPAN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS; 4. Farm Politics in Japan; Agricultural Protection; Actors and Interests; Drawing Implications; 5. Legal Framing and Quota Policies; Quotas for Beef, Oranges, Peanuts, etc.; Phase 1: Bilateral and Multilateral Talks; Phase 2: Bilateral Talks; Phase 3: GATT Mediation; Conclusions from Three Phases of Negotiations; 6. Linkages in Comprehensive Negotiations; The Uruguay Round: Ending the Rice Import Ban APEC: Victory for Fishers and Foresters
ISBN:	978-0-691-12254-0 ; 978-1-4008-4139-4 ; 978-0-691-12254-0
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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