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Between a Cap and a Higher Price: The Dairy Quota Trilemma
Chernoff, Alex W. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013
The system of supply management in the Canadian dairy sector requires that farmers acquire quota to produce milk. In … alternative method for lowering quota prices is to lower the rent from quotas through lowering the farm price of milk. I determine … the magnitude of the decrease in the farm price of milk that would be required to reduce the valuation of Quebec dairy …
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An Evaluation of Milk Quota Exchange Policies
Meilke, Karl D.; Cairns, Alexander P. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
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Supply Management and Price Ceilings on Production Quota Values: Future or Folly?
Cairns, Alexander P.; Meilke, Karl D.; Benett, Nick - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010
Since the inception of supply management in Canada during the 1970s, milk production quota has been used to regulate … output and participation in the dairy industry. In recent years, milk quota values have increased dramatically, almost … tripling in value since the mid-1980s. This led to the Dairy Farmers of Ontario intervening on the milk production quota …
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The New Food Safety Regime in the US: How Will it Affect Canadian Competitiveness
Nakuja, Tekuni; Akhand, M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The FSMA appears to be a major undertaking with a very large responsibility placed on the FDA. It would seem that bottlenecks to exporting are bound to appear which will be very frustrating for Canadian firms. It is important for Canadian firms and Canadian policy makers to work hard to ensure...
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Generically Modified Products: Trade Concerns
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Trade Concerns
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
Trade in genetically modified (GM) products remains a major issue in agricultural trade policy. In particular, the European Union has sought to deny market access to GM-products. In the wake of a WTO case brought by Canada and the US, among others, against an import ban imposed on genetically...
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Triffid Flax
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The regulatory regime for contamination permits the imposition of import bans with neither a scientific justification nor a risk assessment. No scientific assessment of Triffid flax was done prior to the import ban. The import regime put in place to deal with the contamination of flax with the...
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The New Food Safety Regime in the US: How Will it Affect Canadian Competitiveness
Nakuja, Tekuni; Akhand, M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which was signed into law in January, 2011 represents a major initiative to improve food safety in the US. The legislation mandates the US Food and Drug Administration with developing a regulatory system to implement the Act. As yet, the full effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351568
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Detecting COOL Impacts on US-Canada Bilateral Hog and Pork Trade Flows
Rude, James; Gervais, Jean-Philippe; Felt, Marie-Helene - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010
Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) regulation has been applied in the United States meat sector since October 2008. The industry must label beef, lamb and pork (ground meat and muscle cuts) sold through retail outlets according to its country of origin. The labelling requirements create...
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Challenging US Country of Origin Labelling at the World Trade Organization: The Law, The Issues and The Evidence
Sawka, Alison L.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010
Canada and Mexico are formally challenging US country of origin (COOL) legislation at the World Trade Organization. The industries most affected by COOL are beef and pork. The effect of COOL on North American cross border supply chains is outlined. The areas of international trade law upon which...
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