The African Cotton Initiative and WTO Agriculture Negotiations

Hanrahan, Charles E.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Agriculture;    Agricultural subsidies;    International trade;    Cotton;    Cotton production - Africa;   

RP-ID  :  RS21712
RP-ID  :  RS21712 2004-01-16

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the African cotton initiative, over which disagreement has blocked progress on an agreement on agriculture in the current round of multilateral trade negotiations known as the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). In World Trade Organization (WTO) Negotiations on agriculture, a group of African countries have proposed that all subsidies for cotton be eliminated by the end of four years. The proposal also advocates compensating African cotton producing countries for revenues estimated to be lost due to cotton subsidies.