China has always strived for self-sufficiency in farm products, particularly staple foods. Its rapid industrialization … the WTO may add to that difficulty. New agricultural biotechnologies could ease that situation. The adoption and spread of … for China, since it is prospectively not only a major producer and consumer of GM farm products but also a potential …

‘traditional’ GATT/WTO market access areas, as a counterpoint to the recent policy literature on newer issues such as the …

new World Trade Organization (WTO). Many developing countries perceive the entwining of these social issues with trade … examines why these issues are becoming more prominent, whether the WTO is an appropriate forum to discuss them, and how they …

clout in international commercial negotiations. Yet, since the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) creation in 1995, it is …The European Union is the world's largest trader, a fact that on the face of it ought to convert into considerable …, with many questioning what can feasibly be accomplished at the WTO in the near to medium term. A 2006 EC decision to …

focus of GATT/WTO disciplines and Hudec’s analysis. …

estimate disaggregate export elasticities and find evidence that countries that are not members of the World Trade Organization …The theoretical debate over whether countries can and should set tariffs in response to export elasticities goes back …

This Paper discusses the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to overcome discrimination in world trade … access opportunities and WTO disciplines are briefly summarized. Some of these reflect good intentions towards developing …

This Paper analyses what actions could be taken in the context of the WTO Doha negotiations to assist countries to … a number of focal points that could be used both as targets and as benchmarks to increase the likelihood that WTO … policymakers and researchers on the interaction between trade policy, economic development and the GATT/WTO trading system, but …

poorest households, could gain from multilateral trade reform. The World Bank’s LINKAGE model of the global economy is … the WTO’s Doha round. The results suggest moving to free global merchandise trade would boost real incomes in sub … parts of the region. Farm employment and output, the real value of agricultural and food exports, the real returns to farm …