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The Falconer Draft Text for the Doha Round WTO Negotiations on Agriculture - A 'Ha'porth of Tar' to Save the Vessel from Sinking or Just a Dab of Paint on an Irreparably Broken Hull?

Williams, Brett G. - 2015

This article reviews the July 2007 draft text released by the Chair of the WTO negotiating group on agricultural trade. The purpose of the article is to review the proposed feasible outcome in the context of the reform of the application of the GATT to agriculture that was begun in the Uruguay...

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Institutionalizing Inequality : The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Food Security, and Developing Countries

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2009

The article examines the food security implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It places the Agreement in historical context, examines its key provisions, and argues that the Agreement systematically favors industrialized country agricultural producers at the expense of farmers in...

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Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda

Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will - 2015

This paper examines the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade … reform over the next decade. The World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy is employed to examine the impact first of …, thereby helping to reduce poverty. A Doha partial liberalization could take the world some way towards those desirable …

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Special Safeguard Mechanism for Agriculture : Implications for Developing Members at the WTO

Das, Abhijit - 2020

With rising levels of food and livelihood insecurity among poor farmers, many developing members at the WTO are demanding special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for shielding their agriculture from import surges and price declines. Most of developing members do not have any trade instrument under the...

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The World Trade Organization at a crossroad : agricultural negotiations and what it means for developing countries

Mensah, Krisitina - 2024

The World Trade Organization (WTO) serves as a key forum for negotiating global trade rules, yet it faces significant … about the role of developing countries in world trade and how the WTO can serve their interests. This essay examines the …

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A Quantitative Analysis of Proposals on Domestic Support in WTO Agriculture Negotiations : Need for Reaffirming the Development Agenda

Sharma, Sachin Kumar - 2020

Disciplining domestic support to agriculture remains an unfinished agenda in the WTO negotiations due to the different views and positions of members. Developing members have been consistently demanding an effective special and differential treatment (S&DT) for themselves, along with a...

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The Doha Development Agenda : Mixed Prospects for Developing Countries

Matthews, Alan; Walsh, Keith - 2006

This paper uses the GTAP computable general equilibrium model to assess the impact of a Doha Development Agenda agreement on agricultural trade liberalisation. In particular, we examine the consequences for developing countries. The simulation incorporates further liberalisation in the areas of...

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World Agriculture Trade in Purgatory : The Uruguay Round Agriculture Agreement and Its Implications for the DOHA Round

Bhala, Raj - 2011

[...] Agricultural trade among Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in Purgatory. No, I do not mean to …

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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the Context of the TPP Agreement

Boza Martínez, Sofía - 2017

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a notorious example of the proliferation of so-called mega trade agreements. Its signatory parties include almost eight hundred million inhabitants and more than a third of the global Gross Domestic Product. In this context, the objective of this research...

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The Legal and Economic Implications of Economic Partnership Agreements in Kenya's Trade Arena : Assessing Liberalization of Agriculture and Food Security

Juma, Jill - 2010

This paper examines the concept of Reciprocal Trade Liberalization – the common objective of Economic Partnership Agreements, and its legal and economic effect on Kenya's Agricultural Sector/Industry within the purview of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The study is premised...

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