The WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Commentary

McMahon, Joseph A.

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“…In terms of primary agricultural resources like grain and cotton, trade liberalisation following the successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks in 1995, and the introduction of the Agreement on Agriculture in particular, led to a large-scale reduction in market access restrictions, and domestic and export subsidies that adversely affected developing countries' agricultural products' ability to penetrate developed country markets (McMahon, 2006). In terms of primary agricultural resources like grain and cotton, trade liberalisation following the successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks in 1995, and the introduction of the Agreement on Agriculture in particular, led to a large-scale reduction in market access restrictions, and domestic and export subsidies that adversely affected developing countries' agricultural products' ability to penetrate developed country markets (McMahon, 2006).…”

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“…Natural resources are crucial to global value chains in a number of ways. In terms of primary agricultural resources like grain and cotton, trade liberalisation following the successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks in 1995, and the introduction of the Agreement on Agriculture in particular, led to a large-scale reduction in market access restrictions, and domestic and export subsidies that adversely affected developing countries' agricultural products' ability to penetrate developed country markets (McMahon, 2006). The combination of lower trade barriers and low world commodity prices enabled developing countries to capitalise on their comparative advantage in agricultural production, especially in good climate and labour costs, to produce non-seasonal food like fruits and vegetables in dedicated export processing zones for export to developed country markets (Guarin, 2013, p. 3).…”

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Natural resources and global value chains: What role for the WTO?

Smith¹

2015

International Journal of Law in Context

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Natural resources are critical to global value chains as minerals, good climate and fertile soil are commonly required for the beginning of the chain, with the consequence that any interruption in their supply threatens the chain's continued integrity. Trade in such resources provides a valuable source of income for resource-rich states. Yet exploitation of natural resources can result in their exhaustion and biodiversity loss, while their extraction can lead to environmental damage and human rights abuses, with the result that any positive contribution to sustainable development for resource-rich states is quickly undermined. Effective regulation is critical to maximise benefits and minimise potential harm. The WTO's rules seem ideally suited to allow the state to impose measures that militate against the overexploitation of the resource by corporations, whilst simultaneously ensuring that that regulation does not unnecessarily impede the flow of resources within the value chain. However, this paper will show that applying the WTO's rules to natural resource use in global value chains presents both substantive and normative challenges.

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Natural resources and global value chains: What role for the WTO?

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2015

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“…5See generally McMahon (2006, chapter 1) and Hudec (1975; 1993), both empirical studies on dispute settlement in the GATT, especially agricultural trade disputes.…”

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Regulating agriculture in the WTO

Smith

2011

International Journal of Law in Context

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This article argues there is value in exploring the resonance between the regulation of international agricultural trade as a specific topic and the general notion of international trade regulation in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It explores particular problems to illuminate more general concerns. In this ascendant way of looking at things, certain aspects of agricultural trade regulation have direct resonance for other areas covered by the WTO agreements. We might see these additional dimensions as addressing a different series of questions: the nature of agreement and the different ways in which agreement can manifest itself. The two dimensions are the nature of international agricultural trade as a polycentric problem and the way accepted concepts and categories influence how we see problems in international agricultural trade. Polycentrism goes to the nature of the stability of the Agreement on Agriculture, whereas the question of concepts and categories concerns the way in which we represent the problem as coherent to ourselves.

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A History of Food Security and Agriculture in International Trade Law, 1945–2017

Fakhri

2019

New Voices and New Perspectives in International Economic Law

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The WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Commentary

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Natural resources and global value chains: What role for the WTO?

Natural resources and global value chains: What role for the WTO?

Regulating agriculture in the WTO

A History of Food Security and Agriculture in International Trade Law, 1945–2017

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