Das Vereinigte Königreich (VK) stellt einen bedeutsamen Abnehmer für deutsche Agrarprodukte dar. Dies wird auch durch die hohen deutschen Nettoagrarexporte von 3,1 Mrd. € in 2016 deutlich. Damit ist das VK der Handelspartner, mit welchem Deutschland den mit Abstand größten...

Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While the protectionist agendas are on the rise, the EU and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 17 July 2018. It is the most ambitious agreement of the EU with any Asian state. The study...

Trade liberalization of the agri-food sector is a sensitive topic in both Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) discussions. Using a general equilibrium model, we assess the potential impact of these agreements. The US agri-food sectors would...

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...

In 2006 the EU decided to abandon its moratorium on negotiating new free trade agreements. Since then, numerous negotiations have been started. In particular, the EU joined in the scramble for preferential market access in Asia, starting bilateral negotiations both with individual countries, as...

Bilateral and regional free trade agreements increasingly substitute for the World Trade Organization in trade negotiations. Accordingly, civil society organisations opposed to trade liberalisation target this new generation of trade agreements as well. This paper examines the case of activists...

Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While the protectionist agendas are on the rise, the EU and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 17 July 2018. It is the most ambitious agreement of the EU with any Asian state. The study...

Das Vereinigte Königreich (VK) stellt einen bedeutsamen Abnehmer für deutsche Agrarprodukte dar. Dies wird auch durch die hohen deutschen Nettoagrarexporte von 3,1 Mrd. € in 2016 deutlich. Damit ist das VK der Handelspartner, mit welchem Deutschland den mit Abstand größten...

The present study develops an equilibrium displacement model (EDM) to evaluate the impacts of a free trade agreement (FTA) on the profits of individual farmers. The parameters representing the share of profit within revenue and the elasticity of cost with respect to quantity in the cost function...

Agricultural and food sectors are well-developed in both the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (US), highly productive and strongly protected. Over the last 50 years, much of the current regulations which have emerged does not interfere with abundantly transatlantic trade,...