Recently, it has become apparent to developing countries in the WTO that their limited bargaining power has, in fact, been a stumbling block to obtaining desired negotiation outcomes in the multilateral trade system. Thus, to execute any fundamental changes to the status quo, there was a need to...

The study sought to analyse the impact of trade liberalization on Ghana's agricultural sector. This study's research design, which is secondary quantitative, was chosen. The study used econometric methods such as multivariate regression analysis, Bounds test etc to analyse the data. According to...

This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve over time to favor foods consumed as a child. The opening of trade causes preferred goods to rise in price, as these were relatively inexpensive in autarky. Neglecting the...

The paper examines the trend and composition of agricultural trade between Indian and Pakistan and identifies opportunities for increasing bilateral trade. It examines the bilateral agriculture trade before and after the implementation of SAFTA. The study also analyses the comparative advantage...

Governments and businesses worldwide are preparing for a carbon-constrained future and evaluating different policy instruments to combat climate change. Agricultural production is an important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and practices that reduce or offset these emissions can...

In this work, the behavior of the agricultural imports appears before and agroindustrial Colombians and alter the economic opening of end of the ninety. One is that diminution of great part of the tariff and for-tariff mechanism of protection, combined with the revaluation and the diminution of...

There is widespread concern about the effect of the Uruguay Round policy changes on world agricultural prices and consequently upon the welfare of developing countries. Assessing welfare changes with the standard terms of trade effect calculation can be misleading for distorted economies, since...

[...] Agricultural trade among Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in Purgatory. No, I do not mean to suggest the souls of deceased citizens of those Members, or the Members individually or collectively are in an intermediate state between Heaven and Hell. That is hardly for me to...

Many Sub-Saharan African countries are highly dependent on the agricultural sector for the livelihood of the population. Agriculture is source of livelihood for 64 percent of the population in the region; the sector contributes about one-fifth of total gross domestic product, and about 12 per...

This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. Household tastes evolve over time to favor foods consumed as a child. The opening of trade causes preferred goods to rise in price, as these were relatively inexpensive in autarky. Neglecting the...