Agriculture in the Doha Round

by Andrews, Neil H.; Bailey, David; Roberts, Ivan

• ISBN13: 9780850928129
• ISBN10: 0850928125
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Summary

This paper explores the nature of export subsidies, both explicit and implicit, by industrial countries and discusses the effect of reform of these policies on developing countries. The paper focuses on the policy implications of removing agricultural support in the EU and considers how this might affect net food exporting and importing countries and impact on other policies such as the Protocols of the Lomé Convention.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Agricultural Export Subsidisation by the Industrial Countries	3	(11)
Explicit and Indirect Supports	3	(3)
EU Policies	6	(4)
Other OECD Countries	10	(3)
Summary	13	(1)
Developing Countries and Agricultural Trade Reform	14	(13)
Developing Countries' Interests in Aggregate	14	(4)
Developing Countries' Interests Disaggregated	18	(1)
Partial Reform and Developing Countries' Interests	19	(3)
A Case of Partial Reform: The Elimination of EU Export Refunds	22	(5)
Policy Implications of Export Subsidy Reform	27	(3)
Conditions Which Will Foster Export Growth and Diversification	27	(2)
Responding to Higher Imported Food Prices	29	(1)
Broader Agricultural Reform in the EU	30	(5)
Introduction	30	(1)
Implications for Non-Protocol Developing Countries	31	(1)
Implications for Protocol Countries	32	(1)
Policy Measures for Compensating Protocol Countries	33	(2)
Conclusions	35	(4)
Appendix 1	39	(21)
Bibliography	60