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Global food security concerns and agricultural trade: Building a responsible and effective relationship by Campos Azofeifa, Adriana, Elverdin, Pablo

“…The rules agreed under the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) allowed developing countries to join external markets and increase their participation to the point that they now account for two thirds of the overall flow of agricultural trade.…”
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Measurement and political economy of disputed technical regulations by Thornsbury, Suzanne, Roberts, Donna H., Orden, David

“…Despite increased scrutiny and discipline by the World Trade Organization, technical barriers remain a significant impediment in world agricultural markets.…”
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World food prospects: critical issues for the early twenty-first century by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…This report discusses six issues that could influence the world food situation in the twenty-first century: the relationship between policy related variables and the nutritional status of children, the relationship between current market trends for wheat, maize and rice and their potential impact on producer income, food production, and food stocks; the role of developing countries in the next round of World Trade Organization negotiations; and three topics related to increasing productivity on small-scale farms: the potential of agroecological approaches, the role of biotechnology, and the relevance of new information technology and precision farming.…”
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World food prospects: critical issues for the early twenty-first century by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…This report discusses six issues that could influence the world food situation in the twenty-first century: the relationship between policy related variables and the nutritional status of children, the relationship between current market trends for wheat, maize and rice and their potential impact on producer income, food production, and food stocks; the role of developing countries in the next round of World Trade Organization negotiations; and three topics related to increasing productivity on small-scale farms: the potential of agroecological approaches, the role of biotechnology, and the relevance of new information technology and precision farming.…”
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Eight years of Doha trade talks: Where do we stand? by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…—Declaration from the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, November 14, 2001 When this declaration was adopted eight years ago, there seemed to be a great deal of enthusiasm about this highly ambitious program. …”
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Improving the economic analysis of control interventions for diseases of trade: Lessons from two case studies of FMD control in South East Asia by Randolph, Thomas F., Perry, Brian D., Horst, H.S., Agbayani, A., Benigno, C., Kalpravidh, W., Gleeson, L.J.

“…With the continuing globalization of trade and the evolving regulatory environment under the World Trade Organization, there has been renewed interest in many developing countries to review disease control policies that may affect their trade in livestock and livestock products. …”
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US Trade Policy: Plus Ça Change by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…A historical net exporter of agricultural products, the US has generally benefited from a system that recent presidential administrations have undermined by imposing tariffs on trading partners and blocking appointment to the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. The Biden administration should make good on its promises to reverse Trump’s protectionism, thereby expanding access to foreign markets for US agricultural producers.…”
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Statement of Joseph W. Glauber Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute before the Senate Finance Committee by Glauber, Joseph W.

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Negotiating agricultural trade: Options for moving forward by Glauber, Joseph W., Parent, Marie

“…The rules-based system established under the World Trade Organization (WTO) has facilitated the growth of agricultural trade, creating global welfare gains. …”
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Poverty, hunger, and US agricultural policy: Do farm programs affect the nutrition of poor Americans? by Glauber, Joseph W., Sumner, Daniel A., Wilde, Parke E.

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Food crisis and export taxation: The cost of noncooperative trade policies by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Export restrictions are trade measures that are permanently adopted by countries throughout the world.1 Piermartini (2004) noted that approximately one-third of World Trade Organization (WTO) members impose export duties. …”
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Introduction: Setting the stage by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…In particular, it aims to answer the question of why trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO) matter for food security. While this relationship has been debated for a long time, the 2001- 2015 period saw some major changes to the global trading sys-tem that changed the terms, and the intensity, of that debate. …”
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Likely effects of a trade war for US agriculture? Sad! by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Yet, that support came despite promises made by President-elect Trump during the campaign to levy taxes against China exports to the United States, to renegotiate NAFTA, to withdraw from the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, and to pull the US out of the World Trade Organization if membership in the global trade body interferes with his plan to impose penalties on companies that move American production offshore. …”
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The 2014 Farm Bill and the WTO by Glauber, Joseph W., Westhoff, Patrick

“…By replacing direct payments with new policies that make payments tied to market prices and yields, the bill could have important World Trade Organization (WTO) implications. If the new policies are classified as non‐commodity specific amber box support, projections indicate that existing WTO limits on the current Aggregate Measure of Support would not be exceeded on average, but could be under some market conditions. …”
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Searching for an alternative to economic partnership agreements by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Mevel, Simon

“…The Cotonou Agreement, implemented through a waiver from the World Trade Organization (WTO), expires on December 31, 2007. …”
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European Union Timber Regulation: is it legal? by Fishman, A., Obidzinski, K.

“…No case yet decided by the World Trade Organization's dispute bodies has considered the implications of trade restrictions built on foreign definitions of legality. …”
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All I want for Christmas is a trade agenda with teeth by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…By the end of his four years, he had crippled the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by refusing to appoint new members to its Appellate Body, imposed supplemental tariffs around the world on steel and aluminum imports, and plunged the US into a costly trade war with China.…”
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2017 IFPRI audited financial statements by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI researchers contributed to high-level policy discussions, including the World Trade Organization conference, COP23, and the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting. …”
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Food security stocks and the WTO legal framework by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Of particular importance to the global trading system is the set of multilateral trade rules first defined under the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) in 1948 and later expanded during the different rounds of trade negotiations and the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round in 1995, which established the World Trade Organization (WTO). This round, however, left unresolved several critical issues regarding appropriate rules for global agriculture and other topics of importance for developing countries, and WTO members have been trying to settle these remaining questions ever since. …”
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The US crop insurance program and WTO disciplines by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…– The purpose of this paper is to examine the US crop insurance programs in the context of domestic support disciplines under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Crop insurance has become an integral part of many domestic support programs, not just in developed countries, but in important emerging markets as well. …”
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