Food is different : why we must get the WTO out of agriculture / Peter M. Rosset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosset, Peter, author.

Series:

Global issues series (Zed Books)

Global issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Produce trade--Government policy.

Produce trade.

Agriculture and state.

Agricultural systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Peter Rosset explains how the free trade policies and neoliberal economics of the WTO, American government and EU give us a food system that no one outside a small corporate elite wants. This guide sets out an alternative vision for agricultural policy taking it outside the WTO's ambit. Food is not just another commodity to be bought and sold. It goes to the heart of human livelihood and society."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : trade versus development?

1. Trade negotiations and trade liberalization

2. Key issues, misconceptions, disagreements and alternative paradigms

3. Dumping and subsidies : unraveling the confusion

4. The impacts of liberalized agricultural trade

5. Alternatives for a different agriculture and food system

Conclusion : another food system is possible.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.

ISBN:

9786611258825

9781350220171

1350220175

9781848136724

1848136722

9781780326832

1780326831

9781281258823

1281258822

9781848130647

1848130643

OCLC:

313669061