Agriculture and the WTO : Creating a Trading System for Development

Ingco, Merlinda D. ; Nash, John D.

Washington, DC:World Bank and Oxford University Press

关键词: ADVERSE IMPACTS;    AGREEMENT ON TRADE;    AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY;    AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS;    AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT;   

DOI  :  10.1596/0-8213-5485-X
RP-ID  :  29795

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This publication explores the key issuesand options in agricultural trade liberalization from adeveloping country perspective. Chapters cover marketaccess, domestic support, export competition, quotaadministration methods, food security, biotechnology,intellectual property rights, agricultural trade under theUruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA), and manyother subjects, always focusing on the question of how theoutcome of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiationscan be made pro-development. Material is covered in summaryand in comprehensive detail with supporting data tables,text boxes, figures, and a detailed table of contents. Manychapters have a substantial bibliography, listings of onlineresources, and tables summarizing the major points of WTOmember country proposals that deal directly with eachchapter topic.