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  Determinants of world demand for U.S. corn seeds: the role of trade costs

  AgEcon Search, 2008

  The United States (US) is a large net exporter of corn seeds. This paper econometrically investigates the determinants of world demand for US corn seeds. The paper notes that there has been a rising use of standards and technical regulations as instruments of commercial policy in world agri-food trade, as tariff and quota barriers continue to decline.
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  Costs of overcoming market entry constraints to Uganda's export-led growth strategy

  Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007

  This paper undertakes a situational analysis of Uganda’s capacity to comply with food safety requirements in export markets, and quantifies cost estimates of capacity gaps.
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  Development of trade in Africa: promoting exports through quality and product safety

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2004

  This detailed report takes as its context the rapid rise in global trade and the development of international supply chains, pointing out that Africa has seriously lagged behind in these processes, Africa’s share of world trade has declined year by year, while foreign direct investments in Africa are also low.The report argues that:one important reason why developing countries in Africa
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  Food safety and agricultural health standards: challenges and opportunities for developing country exports

  World Bank, 2005

  The report summarises the findings of a World Bank research program on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, which was designed to improve understanding of an emerging set of policy and commercial issues in the area of food safety and agricultural health.Key findings presented in the report include:developing countries facing the challenges of rising health and food safety standard
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  Regulatory barriers in international horticultural markets

  Economic Research Service, USDA, 2004

  During the Uruguay round of negotiations in 1995 WTO members agreed to multilateral rules governing the use of sanitary and phytosanitary measures (the SPS Agreement). These aimed to ensure that measures adopted by countries ostensibly to protect plant or human health were not in fact primarily in force to shield domestic producers from competition.
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  Shifting paradigms in international animal health standards: the need for comprehensive standards to enable commodity-based trade

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2004

  According to international standards on animal health, many developing countries have been trying to eradicate important livestock diseases and thereby improve access to global markets for animals and animal products. But is the eradication of these diseases really feasible in countries with scarce resources?
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  The EC traceability and equivalence rules in light of the SPS Agreement: a review of the main legal issues

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This study sets forth the major legal issues in connection with the WTO legality of the European Union’s sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) legislation as well as the traceability rules to come into force on 1 January 2005.
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  Study of the consequences of the application of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on ACP countries

  Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2003

  This study examines the European Union’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation in order to identify what measures related to consumer health and safety in the area of foodstuffs act as barriers to imports from ACP countries.
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  Lowering barriers to agricultural exports through technical assistance

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003

  Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regulations imposed by the developed world, significantly reduce the export opportunities of developing countries.
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  The electronic journal of governance and innovation

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This issue of eAfrica examines the critical issues and the demands for trade-offs that Africa can expect form the defenders of unfair trade at the fifth WTO Ministerial in Cancun. It outlines two aggressive tactics that Africa could use to win a better deal and how Africa needs to make fundamental changes if it is to exploit even the modest trade access it has now.

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