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Economic Partnership Agreements and WTO negotiations. A quantitative assessment of trade preference granting and erosion in the banana market

Anania, Giovanni - 2008

preferences as a result of different possibleendings, if any, of on-going WTO negotiations. The results of the simulations …,while benefits for ACP countries will be significant (at the expense of MFN exporters). However, afinal agreement in the WTO DDA …

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Multilateral trade liberalisation and Preference erosion: Effects on the agricultural sector of the EU's Mediterranean Partner Countries

Kavallari, Aikaterini; Schmitz, P. Michael - 2008

This paper analyses preference erosion effects on the agricultural sector of the EU’s ten Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs). The modelling exercise is carried out with the partial equilibrium multi-commodity multi-region world trade model AGRISIM. The effects vary between the markets and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446289

Agriculture in the Age of Globalization

Romano, Donato - 2006

in LDCs macro fundamentals, are crucial handicaps that work against the development of LDC agriculture. Furthermore, the …

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The impact of trade-related investment measures in developing countries

Zhang, Jian - 2003

As foreign direct investment (FDI) grows rapidly in this highly integrated world, numerous new challenges confront the existing global trading system. Both developed countries and their developing counterparts have been trying to reach harmonious bilateral or multilateral agreements. However,...

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The Doha Agenda and Agricultural Trade Reform: The Role of Economic Analysis

Martin, William J.; Anderson, Kym - 2006

This paper shows that research on international agricultural trade reform can make much greater contributions to understanding than was feasible in earlier trade negotiations. Part of this is due to improvements in the basic data on production, consumption and trade associated with the...

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An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan

Hsu, Shih-Hsun; Chang, C.; Li, S.; Chen, Y. - 2006

In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff … General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module (TAIGEM-WTO, hereafter) that is a multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium …

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A Framework for Estimating U.S. WTO Domestic Support to 2015

Quiroga, Jose - 2006

observations arising from our analysis. The baseline scenario extends the classification of programs in WTO notifications to 2015 … programs; and estimates for WTO boxes and the overall value of production. The main results of the baseline scenario suggest … minimis percentages, commitments on Total AMS and overall support. This enables us to better understand implications for WTO …

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WTO Discipline and the CAP: the Constraints on the EU Sugar Sector

Gohin, Alexandre; Bureau, Jean-Christophe - 2006

The various assessments of the effects of a liberalization of world sugar markets are inconsistent with each other. One cause seems to be the modeling of the EU supply response. We investigate three possible linkages between sugar production under quota and the out-of-quota or "C" sugar supply:...

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Multilateral Trade and Agricultural Policy Reforms in Sugar Markets (Revised)

Elobeid, Amani E.; Beghin, John C. - 2005

We analyze the impact of trade liberalization, removal of production subsidies, and elimination of consumption distortions in world sugar markets using a partial-equilibrium international sugar model calibrated on 2002 market data and current policies. The removal of trade distortions alone...

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GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION: AN IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS AT STAKE

van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Beghin, John C. - 2004

We use the global Linkage model to assess the impact of trade and support policies in agriculture on income, trade, and output patterns. We provide order-of-magnitude estimates of the impacts of policy changes rather than point estimates. Two sets of simulations are used to identify key drivers...

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