Agricultural domestic support under the WTO : experience and prospects / Lars Brink, David Orden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brink, Lars, 1945- author.

Orden, David, author.

Series:

Cambridge international trade and economic law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Agricultural subsidies--Law and leislaton.

Agricultural subsidies.

Foreign trade regulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The WTO Agreement on Agriculture subjects different groups of developed and developing countries to different limits on domestic support and allows various exemptions from these limits. Offering a comprehensive assessment of the Agreement's rules and implementation, this book develops guidance toward socially desirable support policies. Although dispute settlement has clarified interpretation of the Agriculture and SCM Agreements, gaps remain between the legal disciplines and the economic effects of support. Considering the Agriculture Agreement also in the context of today's priorities of sustainability and climate change mitigation, Lars Brink and David Orden build a strategy that aligns the rules and members' commitments with the economic impacts of agricultural support measures. While providing in-depth analysis of the existing rules, their shortcomings and the limited scope of ongoing negotiations, the authors take a long-term view, where policies directed toward evolving priorities in agriculture are compatible with strengthened rules that reduce trade and production distortions.

Contents:

Introduction

Domestic support disciplines of the agriculture and SCM Agreements

Economic analysis of exemptions and administered prices

Trends among different types of domestic support

Transparency

Issues under negotiation

Disputes involving agricultural domestic support

Addressing 21st century policy priorities

Lessons from the experience.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009082440 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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