Agricultural subsidies in the WTO green box : ensuring coherence with sustainable development goals / edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Christophe Bellmann, Jonathan Hepburn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo, editor.

Bellmann, Christophe, 1971- editor.

Hepburn, Jonathan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural subsidies.

Agricultural laws and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 675 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Do the World Trade Organization's rules on 'green box' farm subsidies allow both rich and poor countries to achieve important goals such as food security, or do they worsen poverty, distort trade and harm the environment? Current WTO requirements set no ceiling on the amount of green box subsidies that governments can provide, on the basis that these payments cause only minimal trade distortion. Governments are thus increasingly shifting their subsidy spending into this category, as they come under pressure to reduce subsidies that are more directly linked to production. However, growing evidence nonetheless suggests that green box payments can affect production and trade, harm farmers in developing countries and cause environmental damage. By bringing together new research and critical thinking, this book examines the relationship between green box subsidies and the achievement of sustainable development goals, and explores options for future reform.

Contents:

Overview / Christophe Bellmann and Jonathan Hepburn

The historical context of the green box / Néstor Stancanelli

Doha Round negotiations on the green box and beyond / Jonathan Hepburn and Christophe Bellmann

The reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy / Alan Swinbank

Farm policy reform in the United States : past progress and future direction / David Orden

Agricultural trade policy reform in Japan / Masayoshi Honma

An analysis of EU, US and Japanese green box spending / Jesús Antón

Green box subsidies and trade-distorting support : is there a cumulative impact? / Carlos Galperín and Ivana Doporto Miguez

The distributional structure of green box subsidies in the European Union and France / Vincent Chatellier

The distributional structure of US green box subsidies / Harry De Gorter

Agricultural subsidies in the WTO green box : opportunities and challenges for developing countries / André Nassar [and others]

Use of green box measures by developing countries : an assessment / Biswajit Dhar

A Chinese perspective on the green box / Jianmin Xie

African countries and the green box / Abena Oduro

The environmental impact of green box subsidies : exploring the linkages / Ronald Steenblik and Charles Tsai

The environmental impact of EU green box subsidies / Ariel Brunner and Harry Huyton

The environmental impact of US green box subsidies / Jane Earley

Biofuels subsidies and the green box / Timothy Josling and David Blandford

Improving monitoring and surveillance of green box subsidies / Andrea Cerda

EU subsidy reform : options for achieving change / Teresa Cavero

Subsidy reform in the US context : deviating from decoupling / Ann Tutwiler

Agricultural trade policy reform in Japan : options for achieving change / Kazuhito Yamashita

Towards a green box subsidy regime that promotes sustainable development : strategies for achieving change / Pedro de Camargo Neto and Renato Henz

Appendix. Text of Annex 2 of the WTO agreement on agriculture ("the green box").

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20723-1

0-511-73904-4

1-282-54692-9

9786612546921

0-511-67406-6

0-511-67525-9

0-511-67200-4

0-511-67072-9

0-511-67327-2