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Liberalising agricultural trade and developing countries
2003This paper presents the key issues debated at a conference on the liberalisation of agricultural trade and the interests of developing countries which took place prior to the WTO Doha Round negotiations on agriculture.DocumentWith Doha Round in suspense, South-South links take front seat
South Centre, 2006This brief article from the South-South Bulletin comments on the suspension of negotiations on NAMA and agriculture during the WTO’s Doha round of negotiations.The articles notes that:the collapse of negotiations was caused by the refusal of the US to show any flexibility in its offer to reduce domestic support to agriculture from what had envisaged in its proposal of October 2005, whicDocumentWho reaps the fruit?: critical issues in the fresh fruit and vegetable chain
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006The report critically analyses the influence of trade and distribution on production and production conditions in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable sector.DocumentSpecial products and safeguard mechanisms: strategic options for developing countries
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2005This paper starts from the premise that subsidy and tariff cuts under the Doha Round will not be uniformly good for all farmers in all developing countries, and that opening markets to competition from cheap – often subsidised – foreign imports may devastate the livelihoods of small and resource-poor farming communities.The paper notes that a food security strategy based solely on imported foodDocumentThe post Hong Kong challenge: building on developing country proposals for a future food aid regime
Overseas Development Institute, 2006In the context of negotiations to try to agree a text on food aid to be included in the draft Doha Agreement on Agriculture, this paper explores progress made so far.DocumentNon-reciprocal preference erosion arising from MFN liberalization in agriculture: what are the risks?
World Trade Organization, 2006This paper estimates the risk of preference erosion for non-reciprocal preference recipients in the agricultural sector as a consequence of most-favoured nation (MFN) tariff cuts.DocumentAgricultural subsidies and negotiations: strategies and options
Centre for Trade and Development, 2005This paper analyses the provisions of Annex A of the July Framework which spells out the broad parameters within which subsequent negotiations for the Doha round of trade talks will be based. Annex A of the July Package deals with agriculture; it proposes a number of new measures to reduce domestic subsidies in developed countries substantially.DocumentTruth or consequences: why the EU and the USA must reform their subsidies, or pay the price
Oxfam, 2005Folowing the findings by the WTO that US cotton subsidies and EU sugar subsidies are illegal, this paper presents new research detailing a number of other rich country subsidies that, as the paper argues, are also on the wrong side of the law.DocumentSailing close to the wind: navigating the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005This briefing book looks in depth at some of the key issues being negotiated at the Hong Kong ministerial (2005). It includes fact sheets that provide a quick overview, and in-depth reports on some of the major controversies.DocumentProtection of India’s ‘Geographical Indications’: an overview of the Indian legislation and the TRIPS scenario
Eldis Document Store, 2005This paper gives an overview of Indian legislation and the TRIPS scenario in relation to the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs). The paper discusses the TRIPS provisions on GIs and undertakes a comparative assessment of these provisions with the corresponding provisions of the Indian GI Act.Pages