Much criticism notwithstanding, the essentials of the common agricultural policy have up to now scarcely been changed. What kind of basic changes would have to be introduced for a new agricultural policy to become also politically acceptable? The following article suggests alternatives to the...

It is now widely acknowledged that the agricultural policy course followed by the EC in the past cannot continue unchanged. Intensive negotiations on modifications to the Common Agricultural Policy have taken place, but have not yet led to agreement among the member countries. Professor...

GATT has had extraordinarily scant “success” in the agricultural sphere up to now. To what extent is this due to the special status accorded to agriculture in GATT? Are trends discernible within GATT that might lead to an improvement in the situation? Might the Uruguay Round produce...

For quite some time long-only index funds have been suspected of being responsible for price increases in agricultural futures markets. This suspicion has prompted demands to drastically limit long-only index funds' scope of activity. Such demands and their underlying diagnoses, however,...

Garantiert mehr Regulierung in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft einen verbesserten Verbraucherschutz oder ist die »Marktlösung« der richtige Weg? Für Dr. Martin Wille, Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, ist es »keine Frage ......

Die Staats- und Regierungschefs hatten beim G8-Gipfel am 16./17. Juli 2006 in St. Petersburg vereinbart, bis Mitte August die Einigung über die Eckpunkte der Marktöffnung im Agrar- und Industriegüterhandel nachzuholen. Dennoch wurden die Verhandlungen im Rahmen der "Doha Development Agenda"...