U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal

The 2002 U.S. farm bill has been widely criticized for increasing subsidies with detrimental effects on competing agricultural producers abroad and for undermining U.S. leadership in achieving liberalized world agricultural trade. This paper provides an assessment that shows the 2002 bill has effect...

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Autor principal: Orden, David
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157108
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description The 2002 U.S. farm bill has been widely criticized for increasing subsidies with detrimental effects on competing agricultural producers abroad and for undermining U.S. leadership in achieving liberalized world agricultural trade. This paper provides an assessment that shows the 2002 bill has effects that are nuanced in at least four respects. It raises expenditures compared to 1996 legislation, but not compared to actual 1998-2001 outlays. It maintains planting flexibility, but extends support to new crops and undermines some of the decoupling of subsidy payments from production and market prices that had occurred. It violates the spirit of U.S. trade liberalization rhetoric, but probably not the letter of U.S. WTO commitments. And it continues the policies of wealthy countries that collectively distort agricultural production and world prices, but only marginally worsen the net effects of these policies.
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spelling CGSpace1571082025-11-06T06:06:26Z U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal Orden, David wto united states of america agriculture prices policies assessment agricultural policies trade liberalization subsidies The 2002 U.S. farm bill has been widely criticized for increasing subsidies with detrimental effects on competing agricultural producers abroad and for undermining U.S. leadership in achieving liberalized world agricultural trade. This paper provides an assessment that shows the 2002 bill has effects that are nuanced in at least four respects. It raises expenditures compared to 1996 legislation, but not compared to actual 1998-2001 outlays. It maintains planting flexibility, but extends support to new crops and undermines some of the decoupling of subsidy payments from production and market prices that had occurred. It violates the spirit of U.S. trade liberalization rhetoric, but probably not the letter of U.S. WTO commitments. And it continues the policies of wealthy countries that collectively distort agricultural production and world prices, but only marginally worsen the net effects of these policies. 2003 2024-10-24T12:47:23Z 2024-10-24T12:47:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157108 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Orden, David. 2003. U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal. TMD Discussion Paper 109. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157108
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U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal
title U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal
title_full U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal
title_fullStr U.S. agricultural policy: the 2002 Farm Bill and WTO DOHA Round proposal
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