WTO Disciplines On Agricultural Support; Seeking A Fair Basis For Trade

Agricultural issues are particulary contentious in international trade negotiations. Many of the problems stem from the trade impacts of domestic support policies designed to maintain and stabilize farm incomes. When the World Trade Organization was launched in 1995, agricultural domestic support was brought under its disciplines. Certain trade-distorting support, evaluated in a specific manner…

Afta Reader Volume III New Time Frame: Acceleration of Tariff Reduction

The third volume of the AFTA Reader focuses on the decisions of the 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting held in September 1994 in Chiang Mai, Thailand and the progress made so far in implementing them. The decisions of the Ministers last September have the effect of accelerating the realisation of AFTA as well as broadening the commitments made by member countries

Food fights over free trade: how international institutions promote agricultu…

This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture stands out as a sector in which countries stubbornly defend domestic programs, and agricultural issues…

Developing Countries In The GATT Legal System

Relations between developed and developing countries in the international trading system, whose norms, rules and procedures are set out in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), have been reaching an impasse. For a quarter of a century, the developed countries have been allowing, or encouraging, the developing countries to become contracting parties to the GATT without requiring the…

Tariff Negotiations And Renegotiations Under The GATT And WTO Procedures And …

The procedures and practices to implement the provisions relating to tariff negotiations and renegotiations have evolved considerably since the GATT was established in 1947. The provisions themselves have undergone some changes in the last 52 years. This study reviews the evalution of these provisions and of the procedures adopted and practices followed by the contracting parties to GATT 1947 a…

World Tariff Profiles

The World Tariff Profiles is a joint publication of the WTO,ITC and UNCTAD devoted to market access for goods. This statistical yearbook contains a comprehensive compilation of the main tariff parameters for each of the 153 WTO members plus other countries and customs territories where data is available. Each country profile presents information on tariff imposed by each economy on its imports …

"Non-Tariff Trade Regulations in Indonesia: measurement of their economic imp…