Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies

This paper has traced the discussions about export subsidies in trade negotiations and highlighted the particular anomaly that while export subsidies in industrial products have been banned under WTO rules, at the time of this writing, they are still allowed for agricultural products, including some...

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Main Authors: Laborde Debucquet, David, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151183
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description This paper has traced the discussions about export subsidies in trade negotiations and highlighted the particular anomaly that while export subsidies in industrial products have been banned under WTO rules, at the time of this writing, they are still allowed for agricultural products, including some that are rather industrialized, such as dairy and meat products. We also noted that, in recent years, the use of export subsidies has been declining (but did not disappear) due to the fact that agricultural and food prices have increased significantly since the lows of the early 2000s. Therefore, those export subsidies were not needed to sell in world markets and the WTO allowances have been above the levels actually utilized (what sometimes is called “water” in the commitments).
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spelling CGSpace1511832025-11-06T07:46:33Z Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies Laborde Debucquet, David Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio water trade prices This paper has traced the discussions about export subsidies in trade negotiations and highlighted the particular anomaly that while export subsidies in industrial products have been banned under WTO rules, at the time of this writing, they are still allowed for agricultural products, including some that are rather industrialized, such as dairy and meat products. We also noted that, in recent years, the use of export subsidies has been declining (but did not disappear) due to the fact that agricultural and food prices have increased significantly since the lows of the early 2000s. Therefore, those export subsidies were not needed to sell in world markets and the WTO allowances have been above the levels actually utilized (what sometimes is called “water” in the commitments). 2015-12-24 2024-08-01T02:55:48Z 2024-08-01T02:55:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151183 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Laborde Debucquet, David; Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio. 2015. Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies. MTID Working Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151183
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Laborde Debucquet, David
Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title_full Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title_fullStr Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title_full_unstemmed Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title_short Catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle: Assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
title_sort catastrophic flood or inoffensive drizzle assessing the impact of countries using the existing water in export subsidies
topic water
trade
prices
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151183
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