Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs—Lessons for the Doha Round / Jean-Jacques Hallaert.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques.

Contributor:

International Monetary Fund. Policy Development and Review Department.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/131

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Produce trade.

Tariff on farm produce.

Agriculture and state.

Protectionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the WTO Agreement in Agriculture, the special agricultural safeguards have often been used as a prolonged protectionist device. It then draws lessons for the design of the special safeguard mechanism.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. AOA PROVISIONS""; ""III. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL SAFEGUARDS: AN EMERGING PANDEMIC""; ""A. Special Safeguards Are Frequently Invoked""; ""B. In a Dark World""; ""C. The Shift to Permanent Protection""; ""D. Piling up Protection""; ""IV. LESSONS FOR THE DOHA ROUND""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""; ""I. Formula for the Calculation of the Additional Duty ""; ""II. Notifications to the WTO""; ""III. Share of Agricultural Lines for Which Countries Have""; ""IV. Tariff Quotas and the SSGs""

Notes:

"June 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613822178

9781462361939

1462361935

9781452712833

1452712832

9781282550919

1282550918

9781451906868

1451906862