Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations
The formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function and de...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2008
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| author | Jean, Sébastien Laborde Debucquet, David Martin, Will |
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| description | The formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function and detailed data on the current WTO agricultural negotiations to assess the implications of this approach for welfare and for market access. We find that some previous rules of thumb greatly underestimate the impacts of such exceptions. Indeed, treating even a small number of tariff lines as sensitive and subjecting them to reduced cuts has a sharply adverse impact on welfare, and a smaller but still negative impact on market access. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1608682025-11-06T06:33:34Z Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations Jean, Sébastien Laborde Debucquet, David Martin, Will trade trade agreements market access tariffs world trade organization globalization The formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function and detailed data on the current WTO agricultural negotiations to assess the implications of this approach for welfare and for market access. We find that some previous rules of thumb greatly underestimate the impacts of such exceptions. Indeed, treating even a small number of tariff lines as sensitive and subjecting them to reduced cuts has a sharply adverse impact on welfare, and a smaller but still negative impact on market access. 2008 2024-11-21T09:52:24Z 2024-11-21T09:52:24Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160868 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Jean, Sébastien; Laborde Debucquet, David; Martin, Will. 2008. Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations. IFPRI Discussion Paper 788. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160868 |
| spellingShingle | trade trade agreements market access tariffs world trade organization globalization Jean, Sébastien Laborde Debucquet, David Martin, Will Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title | Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title_full | Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title_fullStr | Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title_short | Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| title_sort | choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations |
| topic | trade trade agreements market access tariffs world trade organization globalization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160868 |
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