Globalization and agricultural trade policy / edited by Hans J. Michelmann ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Michelmann, Hans J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Produce trade--Government policy.

Produce trade.

Agriculture and state.

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Co. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

Contents:

Part 1 The Environment and Agricultural Trade

1 Agricultural Trade and the Environment: Issues and Challenges / C. Ford Runge 13

2 Climate Change and the Kyoto Accord: Implications for Agricultural Trade Agreements / Richard Gray 37

3 The World Trade Organization and the Environment / William A. Kerr 53

4 Agricultural Biotechnology, the Environment, and International Trade Regulation / Peter W. B. Phillips, Don Buckingham 67

Part 2 State Trading Enterprises and the WHO

5 Implications for State Trading in the Next WTO Negotiations / W. M. Miner 99

6 State Trading Enterprises, Price Discrimination, and the WTO / Troy Schmitz, Andrew Schmitz 111

7 State Trading Enterprises and the WTO: Importing Versus Exporting / Philip Abbott, Linda Young 133

8 The Competitive Impacts of State Trading Enterprises / Murray Fulton, Bruno Larue, Michele Veeman 151

Part 3 Regional Trade Agreements

9 Regional Trade Agreements and Agriculture: A Post-Seattle Assessment / Tim Josling 171

10 The European Union and Eastern Europe / Alan Swinbank, Carolyn Tanner 197

11 APEC and Agriculture: Integrating Liberalization and Capacity-Building Policies / John Gilbert, Robert Scollay, Thomas Wahl 215

Part 4 Nontrade Concerns

12 Multifunctionality: An Examination of the Issues and Remedies / James Rude 239

13 Rural Policy / Kenneth J. Thomson 255

14 Labeling and Consumer Issues in International Trade / Jill E. Hobbs 269

15 The WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: A Catalyst for Regulatory Reform? / Donna Roberts 287

16 The Future of Agricultural Trade / Hans J. Michelmann, James Rude, Jack Stabler, Gary Storey 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.

ISBN:

1555879519

OCLC:

45172180