Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO--The Road Ahead

Mary E. Burfisher

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: agricultural trade;    trade barriers;    tariff-rate quotas;    export subsidies;    domestic support;    aggregate measure of support;    World Trade Organization;    developing countries;    trade policy;   

RP-ID  :  AER-802

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Agricultural trade barriers and producer subsidies inflict real costs, both on the countries that use these policies and on their trade partners. This report quantifies the costs of global agricultural distortions and the potential benefits of their full elimination. The report concludes that eliminating global agricultural policy distortions would result in an annual world welfare gain of $56 billion. The report also analyzes the effects on U.S. and world agriculture if only partial reform is achieved in liberalizing tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (limits on imported goods), domestic support, and export subsidies.