The 2000 Agricultural Negotiations

2017 ◽  
pp. 212-228
Author(s):  
Wayne Moyer ◽  
Tim Josling
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Negotiations

TRQs and the WTO

2002 ◽  
Vol 37 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Damodaran
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Track Record ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Agricultural Negotiations

By virtue of their complexity and sensitivity, TRQs have naturally emerged as one of the key issues in the WTO agricultural negotiations. TRQs form an uneasy compromise between market access and tariffication. TRQs applying countries with a-strong track record ofp rotectionism have a difficult problem at hand, when it comes to designing these mechanisms. Indeed the task of balancing national interests with international obligations on market access is a key challenge to trade policy formulation in the developing world. TRQs that meet the criteria of uniformity, equity and transparency may achieve WTO compatibility, though it is doubtful whether they would serve the economic development priorities of the developing countries. This paper attempts to look into the prospects and options before India in designing WTO compatible TRQ regimes for agricultural commodities. The paper also examines key issues concerning TRQs that need to be taken up in the forthcoming round ofWTO negotiations.

Agriculture and Its Discontents: Coalitional Politics at the wto with Special Reference to India’s Food Security Interests

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Singh ◽  
Surupa Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
The North ◽  
Coalition Politics ◽  
Agricultural Negotiations ◽  
Coalitional Politics ◽  
Agreement On Agriculture ◽  
North And South

The demise of the Doha round of trade negotiations is often attributed to deadlocks in agricultural negotiations between the developed and the developing world. Why has agriculture been so difficult to negotiate? This article explains North-South agricultural negotiations through the lens of coalition politics, especially the shift from bloc to issue-based diplomacy from the developing world. We argue against the proposition in the negotiation literature that multiple coalitions at the international level allow negotiators room to maneuver. Our study shows that bloc coalitions in fact allowed for compromise more than issue-based coalitions in agriculture, which are often supported by strong domestic constituencies. Empirically, the article focuses on the Uruguay Round when the North and South struck an agreement on agriculture and the Doha Round, which remains deadlocked. The article also provides an in-depth case study of India’s agricultural interests and its food security program in the context of thewto.

Agricultural Negotiations in the Uruguay Round

World Economy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley J. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Uruguay Round ◽  
Agricultural Negotiations

Commentary: A Japanese Perspective on WTO Agricultural Negotiations

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1850052
Author(s):  
Yoichi Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Director General ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Japanese Perspective ◽  
Agricultural Trade Liberalization ◽  
Agricultural Negotiations ◽  
Wide Experience ◽  
Foreign Ministry

A commentary on Patrick Messerlin's article "Agricultural Trade Liberalization." Yoichi Suzuki joined the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1975, after having studied international public law at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. He also studied at and graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris. He has wide experience dealing with international trade matters. He served in such posts as Director of APEC affairs, Director in charge of the bilateral economic relationship between Japan and the European Union, as well as Director of WTO affairs at the Foreign Ministry. He was Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the WTO from 1997 to 2002 in Geneva. Subsequently he served as Deputy Director General of the Economic Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry from 2002 to September 2005 in charge of WTO as well as bilateral FTA negotiations. He chaired the regular sessions of the WTO Agricultural Committee in 2000 and 2001. He is currently Vice Chair of the OECD Trade Committee. He also has experience with commodity issues having chaired the International Natural Rubber Council in 1989 and the International Tropical Timber Council in 1991. Suzuki was appointed Consul-General of Japan in Boston in September 2005.

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