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industries using soybeans as a raw material are unable to obtain a diverse mix of quality material and cannot exercise the "right …
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industries using soybeans as a raw material are unable to obtain a diverse mix of quality material and cannot exercise the "right … maximization case. -- state trading enterprises ; tariff-rate quotas ; tariff equivalents ; soybeans ; sensitive products …
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majority of countries now use GM soybeans to produce oil and meal for livestock and human consumption. Japan, however, uses … only Non-GM soybeans as widely recognized high quality goods in vertically differentiated import soybeans in Japan, for …-GM soybean supply for Japan, the Japanese residual demand for U.S. Non-GM soybeans, and the equilibrium condition, where the U …
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The concept of virtual water – the amount of water used during the entire production chain of goods – represents a new tool for policymakers in water-scarce countries to shape policies in ways that improve water use efficiency. The present study extends work on the virtual water concept by...
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We investigate Botswana's beef export competitiveness using indices of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and data for the period 1961-2011. Results indicate that Botswana has been the most competitive SADC beef exporter, and that it has compared well with the leading world beef exporters....
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In 2015, the African Union launched negotiations to establish African Free Trade Agreement named AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area). In this study, we pointed out the importance of the services sector in intra-African trade. It examines the effects of AfCFTA on intra-African trade in...
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This paper examines the effects of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on intra-African trade in the medium- and long-term, focusing on trade in services. It assesses the impacts of a 50\% reduction of non-tariff barriers in four services sectors on bilateral trade in services...
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A spatial price equilibrium model with a large coverage of countries, policies and regional trade arrangements is applied to simulate preferential sugar imports of the European Union (EU) in 2015/16 under different assumptions with respect to the expansion of the sugar sectors of various least...
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We estimate the impact of the 2012 removal of the Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) single-desk on the spatial pattern of durum wheat acres in Western Canada. We analyze changes in durum seeded acres with a panel regression and Census Agricultural Region data from 2004-2016. Our results indicate that...
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This article presents a Ricardian model of trade with learning-by-doing to study the effect of barriers to trade in products with low growth potential on the long-run economic growth. The model shows that, when elasticity of demand for the product with a lower learning potential is lower than...
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