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| Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Jean, Sebastien; Matthews, Alan. |
| The main provisions of the special and differential treatment (SDT) granted to developing countries in the agriculture and food sector under the present World Trade Organization agreements are presented. The different provisions seem to have had a limited impact on developing countries, and revision is needed. The positions of the various developing countries regarding the SDT in the negotiations are summarized. Recent simulations of the consequences of a plausible agreement under the Doha negotiations suggest that there is a case for a special treatment for poorest countries, but also for a subset of countries that are likely to lose at multilateral liberalization, because of the erosion of existing preferences. Suggestions are made in order to make... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Developping countries; Agricultural trade; WTO; Trade preferences; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18858 |
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| Chaplin, Hannah; Matthews, Alan. |
| Developing countries can produce sugar at much lower cost than it can be produced in the EU, yet reform of the EU sugar policy will result in both winners and losers among them. Reform will benefit competitive sugar exporters currently excluded from the EU market. It will adversely affect those developing countries that currently benefit from preferential import access to the EU's high-priced sugar market, while diminishing the benefits received by those least-developed countries to which duty-free and quota-free access has been promised after July 2009. This article identifies the countries likely to lose and the extent of their potential losses. It examines alternative proposals that have been put forward to assist these countries to adjust to the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: ACP countries; Development; EBA initiative; EU sugar reform; Trade preferences; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23828 |
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| Ngangjoh H., Yenkong. |
| While the benefits of preferential trade agreements granted by the European Communities to the ACP countries have been lauded, the efficiency of such preferences in achieving the underpinning objectives of the preferences has also been contested in some quarters. Whenever multilateral trade negotiations move towards reducing most-favoured-nation tariffs, countries benefiting from trade preferences are concerned over the impact the reductions will have on such preferences. The debates over the value of preferences seem recently to have intensified due to a number of complaints brought before the WTO dispute settlement system that challenge the legality of the preferences or other measures linked to the preferences. Though it places some emphasis on the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Appellate Body; Dispute settlement; Enabling Clause; Panel; Sugar Protocol; Trade preferences; WTO; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23898 |
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| Goetz, Linde; Grethe, Harald. |
| EU imports of oranges are restricted not only by ad valorem tariffs but also by the entry price system establishing a minimum import price. In addition, the EU applies a comprehensive system of trade preferences. The hypothesis of this paper is that, in contrast to its complexity, the effectiveness of the EU import system for oranges is low with respect to its goals, i.e. protecting EU producers and creating imports from preference receiving countries. The comparison of import prices for oranges from extra-EU countries with the EU entry price shows that the former are about 40% higher than the latter on average. Also, it is pointed out that at least 72% of extra-EU orange imports during the EU harvest season enter the EU tariff free. As a conclusion, the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Trade preferences; Oranges; Tariff rate quota; Entry price; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10095 |
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| Goetz, Linde; Grethe, Harald. |
| EU imports of oranges are restricted not only by ad valorem tariffs but also by the entry price system establishing a minimum import price. In addition, the EU applies a comprehensive system of trade preferences. The hypothesis of this paper is that, in contrast to its complexity, the effectiveness of the EU import system for oranges is low with respect to its goals, i.e. protecting EU producers on the one hand an d creating imports from preference receiving countries on the other. The comparison of import prices for oranges from extra-EU countries with the EU entry price shows that the former are about 40% higher than the latter on average. Also, it is pointed out that at least 72% of extra-EU orange imports during the EU harvest season en ter the EU... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Trade preferences; Oranges; Tariff rate quota; Entry price; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q13; Q17; Q18. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25604 |
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