Agricultural Trade Liberalization in a New Trade Round : Perspectives of Developing Countries and Transition Economies
This discussion paper contains seven
studies, designed to a) review, and assess the impact of the
implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) Agreement on
Agriculture, and, b) to analyze the key issues, interests,
and options for developing countries in the new World Trade
Organization's (WTO) round of multilateral trade
negotiations in agriculture. Six regional case studies are
presented: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America,
Eastern Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and industrial
countries. A quantitative analysis of the dynamics of
multilateral liberalization in food, and agricultural trade
is also presented. Among some of the key conclusions, it is
suggested that much preparatory work was achieved in
bringing agriculture fully into the multilateral trading
system during the UR, and, a significant achievement was the
development of a broad framework for reductions in
trade-distorting policies. The UR was also successful in
negotiating reduced volumes of subsidized exports, and in
providing at least, minimum levels of access to markets.
There were, however, a number of limitations in both what
was agreed to, and in how the Agreement in Agriculture has
actually been implemented, as the analyses show that the
work achieved during the UR, will be of limited value,
unless market distortions in agriculture can be reduced
substantially. If liberal agricultural trade is to succeed,
its limitations should be addressed, and policy induced
distortions to agricultural production, be substantially reduced.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Ingco, Merlinda,
Winters, L. Alan |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2001-09
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| Subjects: | ACCESSION,
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES,
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS,
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS,
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS,
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS,
AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION,
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR,
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY,
AGRICULTURAL TRADE,
AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION,
AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICIES,
AGRICULTURAL TRADE REFORM,
AGRICULTURE,
BANK LENDING,
CAPACITY BUILDING,
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE,
CONSUMERS,
CURRENCY,
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES,
DEVALUATION,
DEVELOPMENT,
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION,
DOMESTIC SUPPORT,
ECONOMIC COOPERATION,
ECONOMIC CRISIS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC LIFE,
EMPLOYMENT,
EXCHANGE RATE,
EXPORT BIAS,
EXPORT QUANTITIES,
EXPORT SUBSIDIES,
EXPORT TAXES,
EXPORTERS,
EXPORTS,
FINANCIAL CRISIS,
FISCAL POLICIES,
FISH,
FOOD EXPORTS,
FREE MARKETS,
FREE TRADE,
GDP,
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE,
GLOBAL TRADE,
GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM,
GNP,
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT,
IMPORT BARRIERS,
IMPORT COSTS,
IMPORT PRICES,
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS,
IMPORTING COUNTRIES,
IMPORTS,
INCOME,
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES,
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE,
MARKET ACCESS,
MARKET DISTORTIONS,
MARKET PRICES,
MARKET SHARE,
MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES,
MULTILATERAL REFORMS,
MULTILATERAL TRADE,
MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS,
NET EXPORTERS,
NON-TARIFF MEASURES,
POLICY CHANGES,
POLICY MAKERS,
POLICY REFORMS,
POLITICAL ECONOMY,
POOR COUNTRIES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
PREFERENTIAL TRADE,
PRICE SUPPORT,
PROCESS OF LIBERALIZATION,
PRODUCE TRADE,
PRODUCERS,
PRODUCTIVITY,
REGIONAL INTEGRATION,
REGIONAL TRADE,
ROUND AGREEMENT,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL SECTOR,
SAFETY NETS,
SHOPS,
SOCIAL SAFETY NET,
STRATEGY,
TARIFF REDUCTIONS,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
TRADE AGREEMENTS,
TRADE BARRIERS,
TRADE ISSUES,
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS,
TRADE POLICIES,
TRADE POLICY,
TRADE POLICY REFORM,
TRADE PREFERENCES,
TRADE REFORM,
TRADE REFORMS,
TRADE REGIME,
TRADE REGIMES,
TRADE RULES,
TRADING PARTNERS,
TRANSITION ECONOMIES,
TRANSITION PERIOD,
UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION,
UNILATERAL TRADE,
URUGUAY ROUND,
WORLD TRADE,
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION,
WORLD TRADING SYSTEM,
WTO,
WTO AGREEMENTS,
WTO MEMBERS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/1614744/agricultural-trade-liberalization-new-trade-round-perspectives-developing-countries-transition-economies
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13863
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