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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Agricultural Trade Restrictiveness in the European Union and the United States
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| Autores: |
Bureau, Jean-Christophe
Salvatici, Luca
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| Data: |
2006-07-11
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| Ano: |
2001
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural prices
Income
International agricultural trade
Policy analysis
Tariffs and tariff factors
International Relations/Trade
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| Resumo: |
This paper provides a summary measure of the Uruguay Round tariff reduction commitments in the European Union and the United States, using the Mercantilistic Trade Restrictiveness Index (MTRI) as the tariff aggregator. We compute the index for agricultural commodity aggregates assuming a specific (Constant Elasticity of Substitution) functional form for import demand. The levels of the MTRI under the actual commitments of the Uruguay Round are computed and compared with two hypothetical cases, the Swiss Formula leading to a 36 percent average decrease in tariffs and a uniform 36 percent reduction of each tariff. This makes it possible to infer how reducing tariff dispersion would help improve market access in future trade agreements.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22971
http://purl.umn.edu/18594
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Iowa State University>Center for Agricultural and Rural Development>CARD Working Paper Series
CARD Working Paper 01-WP 277
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| Formato: |
29
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