WTO disciplines on agricultural support: Experience to date and assessment of Doha proposals

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995, its members committed themselves to a set of disciplines for domestic support, market access, and export competition for agriculture. The Agreement on Agriculture laid the way for the pursuit of progressive reductions in world agricultural...

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Autores principales: Orden, David, Blandford, David, Josling, Timonthy, Brink, Lars
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152662
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Josling, Timonthy
Brink, Lars
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description When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995, its members committed themselves to a set of disciplines for domestic support, market access, and export competition for agriculture. The Agreement on Agriculture laid the way for the pursuit of progressive reductions in world agricultural market distortions. Its supporters hoped the new rules and commitments would encourage countries to move domestic farm policies in a less trade-distorting direction. This research brief examines the Agreement's domestic support disciplines and their potential strengthening under the as-yet unfinished Doha Round negotiations. The brief provides a summary of the main conclusions from the March 2011 book WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade. The analysis focuses on four developed countries (the United States, the European Union [as a single “country”], Japan, and Norway) and four developing countries (Brazil, China, India, and the Philippines). We highlight the substantial differences among these countries in their notifications of policy measures and the support they provide. Where a complete set of notifications is not available for 1995-2008, estimates (“shadow” notifications) are constructed. Domestic support is also projected through the mid-2010s and compared to existing and potential WTO commitments.
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spelling CGSpace1526622025-11-06T04:24:52Z WTO disciplines on agricultural support: Experience to date and assessment of Doha proposals Orden, David Blandford, David Josling, Timonthy Brink, Lars wto trade farm management doha agreement developing countries When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995, its members committed themselves to a set of disciplines for domestic support, market access, and export competition for agriculture. The Agreement on Agriculture laid the way for the pursuit of progressive reductions in world agricultural market distortions. Its supporters hoped the new rules and commitments would encourage countries to move domestic farm policies in a less trade-distorting direction. This research brief examines the Agreement's domestic support disciplines and their potential strengthening under the as-yet unfinished Doha Round negotiations. The brief provides a summary of the main conclusions from the March 2011 book WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade. The analysis focuses on four developed countries (the United States, the European Union [as a single “country”], Japan, and Norway) and four developing countries (Brazil, China, India, and the Philippines). We highlight the substantial differences among these countries in their notifications of policy measures and the support they provide. Where a complete set of notifications is not available for 1995-2008, estimates (“shadow” notifications) are constructed. Domestic support is also projected through the mid-2010s and compared to existing and potential WTO commitments. 2011 2024-10-01T13:55:05Z 2024-10-01T13:55:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152662 en https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794179 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Orden, David; Blandford, David; Josling, Timonthy; Brink, Lars. 2011. WTO disciplines on agricultural support: Experience to date and assessment of Doha proposals. Research Brief 16. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152662
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farm management
doha agreement
developing countries
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