In this paper we investigate the effects of trade on the national minimum quality standards applied by two trading … standards set by national regulators will tend to unduly favour producer interests. As always, trade changes the balance of … lobbying access to its regulatory authority. As a result trade raises the minimum standard in the exporting country and may …

trade relations, and the consequent process of convergence and divergence that is the context that. It is still assessing … the flow of trade between the countries of the bloc. …

Bosnia Herzegovina (BH) is in the process of joining the World Trade Organization in the near future and the European … trade model is used to estimate the potentially negative impacts of accession on production and trade in several specific …

Trade negotiators are concerned about the possible negative effects of trade liberalisation on employment in specific … sector adjust to trade shocks. In this application, a global computable general equilibrium model is used to determine trade … employment effects of trade shocks are quite small, with the possible exception of the highly protected sugar sector …

assess the impact of international rice trade policies onthe patterns of production, consumption, trade, and prices, from an …, namely, (1) trade policy groups, and (2) countries, toobtain a better idea of the partial effect of policies and or countries …, itcan contribute to an improved understanding of trade policy for regional and global rice supply and,thus, for improved …

This report provides summaries of the papers and discussions atthe third Consortium on Trade Research held in … prospects for agricultural trade. Peter Timmer'spaper investigated conceptual and empirical problems in analyzingimport demand … of bilateral agreements and stockholdingpolicies in agricultural trade. …

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household-level implications of increased foreign investments and trade in the horticulture sector in Senegal. In many aspects …

China’s agricultural and trade policies have been shifting despite little change in policy objectives. This paper …

The risk of non-indigenous pests entering theUK via international trade in fresh produce isincreasing. Suppliers of … that will more closely targetinspection efforts on the higher risk trade pathways. …