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The Latest Wave of Regionalism: Does Outsider Status Affect the Competitiveness of U.S. and Canadian Agricultural Exports?

Grant, Jason H. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010

The degree to which countries are pursuing regional trade agreements (RTAs) has been nothing short of extraordinary. The latest wave of regional integration, however, is “breeding concern” among academics and policymakers as to the extra‐regional effects of these agreements and their...

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Endogenous Learning and Consensual Understanding in Multilateral Negotiations: Arguing and Bargaining in the WTO

Wolfe, Robert - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010

People at home and trade negotiators in Geneva cannot bargain what they do not understand, and what they bargain must be based on consensual understanding among the relevant actors, whether or not they agree on what to do about it. Consensual understanding is endogenous, arising in an...

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Agricultural Trade Policy Options for Sri Lanka During Crisis Times

Weerahewa, Jeevika; Meilke, Karl D. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2009

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Transmission des fluctuations et calcul des prix de parité à l’importation du riz en et du maïs en Guinée

Diakite, Yacouba - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Guinea.

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Food Safety Incidents, Collateral Damage and Trade Policy Responses: China-Canada Agri-Food Trade

Liu, Huanan; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2008

As markets become globalized, food safety policy and international trade policy are increasingly intertwined. Globalization also means that food safety incidents are widely reported internationally. One result is that food safety incidents can negatively impact products where no food safety...

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The Role of Income Growth in Emerging Markets and the BRICs in Agrifood Trade

Haq, Zahoor Ul; Meilke, Karl D. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2009

This study develops an import demand model to explore the role of income in explaining the trade performance of low, middle and high-income countries with a special emphasis on Brazil, Russia, India and China – the BRIC economies. The study estimates the impact of the growth in per capita...

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Increasing Protection of GIS at the WTO: Clawbacks, Greenfields and Monopoly Rents

Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2008

Currently there are proposals and negotiations regarding the strengthening of protection for geographic indicators (GIs) in the WTO. A major proponent of stronger protection for GIs has been the European Union. One of the arguments it has put forward for stronger protection has been that it will...

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Did the WTO Play a Role in the Food Crisis?

Meilke, Karl D. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2008

When high prices or natural calamities result in starvation and political unrest in the developing world emergency food aid is the best short run response. However, over a longer time frame it is important to have in place international rules that allow the market to function to help alleviate...

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Implications of a Doha Agreement on Agricultural Markets in Sudan

Karim, Abdel; Elfadil, Imad Eldin; Abler, David G. - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2008

The latest round of multilateral trade negotiations was launched at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001. Agriculture is a major item on the agenda for the Doha Round. The primary focus is on the three “pillars” of the Uruguay Round...

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Agricultural Value Chain Development in West Africa – Methodological framework and case study of mango in Benin

van Melle, Cathelijne; Coulibaly, Ousmane; Hell, Kerstin - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Globalization and competitiveness of agricultural commodities could have significant potential benefits for food … competitiveness of commodities at national, regional or global level. The paper applies the value chain framework to a case study on … mango in Benin, West Africa. The international market for mango is characterized by stringent quality requirements regarding …

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