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, protect domestic industries and/or ensure competition. These regulations have contributed to, and been affected by, evolving …
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manufactures. Hence much remains to be done before agricultural trade is as liberal as world trade in manufactures. But agriculture …
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The volatility of food prices has always concerned national governments, especially those of open developing economies, as it undermines their perceived national food security. A common policy approach has been to partially insulate their domestic market from international food price...
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Are the agricultural policy reforms embodied in the Uruguay Round consistent with meeting domestic policy objectives such as providing adequate food security, environmental protection and viability of rural areas? This article examines the claim that agriculture deserves more price support and...
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Current debates about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture reveal substantial differences in perception of the associated risks and benefits. Genetically modified crop varieties allegedly provide farmers with various agronomic benefits, but serious environmental, health and...
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Globalization is not new to the world's wine markets, but its influence over the past decade or so has increased … dramatically. This paper reviews the effects of that on both the Old World and New World. In focusing retrospectively on the period … New World and the consequent competitive pressure on the Old World in key import markets. Looking forward, the paper draws …
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Virtually all industries and households are affected by what has come to be called 'globalization', even though the term connotes different things to different people. On the one hand, economists think of it rather clinically as simply the lowering of transaction costs of doing business across...
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has made to the world economy since 1948, substantial scope remains for further contributions from and adaptations by its … successor since 1995, the World Trade Organization. After first reviewing why the world needs the WTO, this paper examines the … foreign investment and competition policy, the surge in applications from (especially former socialist) countries wishing to …
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prior to the formation in 1995 of the new World Trade Organization (WTO). However, much remains to be done before … agricultural trade is as fully disciplined or as free as world trade in manufactures. This mid-way point in the UR implementation …
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Despite the huge contribution the GATT has made to the world economy since 1948, substantial scope remains for further … contributions from and adaptations by its successor since 1995, the World Trade Organization. After first reviewing why the world … rapidly expanding importance of foreign investment and competition policy, the surge in applications from (especially former …
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