Trade policy and food security

The COVID-19 crisis has seen the emergence of export restrictions to ensure food security, although food levels are high and the production outlook for key staples is good. This column reviews the experience of quantitative restrictions during the price spikes of 2007–8 and argues that quantitative...

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Autores principales: Martin, Will, Glauber, Joseph W.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CEPR Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143393
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description The COVID-19 crisis has seen the emergence of export restrictions to ensure food security, although food levels are high and the production outlook for key staples is good. This column reviews the experience of quantitative restrictions during the price spikes of 2007–8 and argues that quantitative restrictions are a source of instability in both the exporting market and the world market. Policymakers should seek to avoid quantitative restrictions to the greatest extent possible.
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spelling CGSpace1433932024-10-25T08:03:46Z Trade policy and food security Martin, Will Glauber, Joseph W. export controls exports supply balance policies covid-19 agricultural policies trade policies markets trade wto food security food prices The COVID-19 crisis has seen the emergence of export restrictions to ensure food security, although food levels are high and the production outlook for key staples is good. This column reviews the experience of quantitative restrictions during the price spikes of 2007–8 and argues that quantitative restrictions are a source of instability in both the exporting market and the world market. Policymakers should seek to avoid quantitative restrictions to the greatest extent possible. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:13:48Z 2024-05-22T12:13:48Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143393 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292970_03 Open Access CEPR Press Martin, Will; and Glauber, Joseph W. 2020. Trade policy and food security. In COVID-19 and trade policy: Why turning inward won’t work, eds. Richard E. Baldwin and Simon J. Evenett. Chapter 6, Pp. 89-101. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/covid-19-and-trade-policy-why-turning-inward-wont-work
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