Resources on agriculture trade: systemic issues

WTO negotiations

• Agricultural Negotiations at the WTO: First, Do No Harm
  By Sandra Polaski, The Carnegie Endowment, June 2005

• Building On The July Framework Agreement: Options For Agriculture
  IPC, June 2005

• Agricultural Trade Reform And The Doha Development Agenda
  By Kym Anderson and Will Martin, The World Bank, May 2005

• Agricultural Trade Policy Made Easy: Making Sense Of Trade Policy For Farmers, Policymakers And The Public
  By Andrew Stoeckel and George Reeves, for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2005

• Twenty-Five Ways to Improve the Derbez Draft on Agriculture
  IPC, February 2004

• Trade and Investment Background Briefing no.3 - Agricultural Trade
  IDS

• Ministerial Round Table on Developments in the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and Implications for Food Security
  FAO, 2003

• Global Economics Prospects 2004
  World Bank, 2003

• Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the Lessons of Cancun to Revive a Genuine Development Round
  House of Commons Report, 2003

• WTO Agriculture Negotiations: The Way Forward From Cancun
  By Troy Podbury, Shirshore Hagi Hirad, Neil Andrews and Wayne Gordon, 2003

• The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA): An impact assessment
  Consumers International, 2003

• FAO Support to the WTO Negotiations
  FAO Publication, 2003

• Agriculture and Trade Liberalization: Extending the Uruguay Round Agreement
  OECD, 2003

• WTO Agriculture Negotiations and Developing Countries
  By Louisa Bernal, 2003

• How Real is the Impasse on Agriculture
  ICTSD, BRIDGES 7(7), September-October 2003

• Agriculture Negotiations in the WTO: Six Ways to make a new Agreement on Agriculture Work for Development
  Working Draft, Khan, Clarke, Green and Rice, 2003

• Annotated version of Harbinson's draft revises modalities for the agriculture negotiations
  IATP, June 2003

• Stock-Take of the WTO Agriculture Negotiations: Implications for Developing Countries
  Ruffer and Swinbank, March 2003

• Note on the Harbinson Draft on Modalities in the WTO Agriculture Negotiations
  Danish Research Institute for Food Economics, March 2003

• IPC Recommendations For The Agricultural Modalities For The Doha Round
  The International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council, 2003

• Developing Countries and Agricultural Negotiations: Much More Is Needed
  by Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Xinshen Diao and Sherman Robinson, BRIDGES 7(6), July-August 2003

• Agriculture: A Blank Check Bitterly Contested
  ICTSD, BRIDGES 7(6), July-August 2003

• The Survival of African Cotton Between Negotiation and Dispute at the WTO
  By El Hadji Diouf, Trade Negotiations Insights 2(3) June 2003

• Developing Countries Defend Strategic Products in Agriculture Negotiations
  ICTSD, BRIDGES 7(5), June 2003

• The 2002 US Farm Bill: Assessing the Potential Impacts of the Harbinson Modalities
  By Karel Mayrand, Stéphanie Dionne and Marc Paquin, BRIDGES 7(4) May 2003

• The WTO Agriculture Modalities Negotiations: Anticipating the Outcomes of Future EPAs?
  By Alex Werth, Trade Negotiations Insights 2(2) April 2003

• Agricultural Negotiations: Compensation to Small Farmers for Biodiversity Protection
  by Santiago Perry, BRIDGES 7(2) March 2003

• Status of Ongoing Negotiations on Agriculture in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  S.I.M. Nayyar, October 2002

• New Development Aspects of Agricultural World Trade
  By Joachim von Braun, Peter Wobst and Ulrike Grote, BRIDGES 6(5) June 2002

• Liberalising Trade in Agriculture: Developing Countries in Asia and the Post-Doha Agenda
  World Bank, March 2002

• From Uruguay to Doha: Agricultural Trade Negotiations at the World Trade Organization
  Resources for the Future, March 2002

• The AMS and Domestic Support in the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture
  World Bank, 2002

• Perspectives on Agricultural Exports State Trading Enterpirses in the WTO Trade Negotiations
  World Bank, 2002

• Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO -- the Road Ahead
  Economic Research Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), May 2001

• The Agreement on Agriculture: Change Requires a Hero's Journey
  By Aileen Kwa, Focus on the Global South, 2000

• Negotiations in Agriculture and Services in the WTO: Suggestions for Modalities/Guidelines
  Third World Network, September 2000

• Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agriculture: A Resource Manual
  FAO, 2000

• Agriculture, Developing Countries, and the WTO Millennium Round
  By Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide, December 1999

• Directing WTO Negotiations towards Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
  A WWF Discussion Paper, November 1999

• Recent Agricultural Policy Reforms and Future Directions
  Cairns Group Farmers, Australia, October 1999

• Agriculture in Developing Countries and the WTO 2000 Negotiations: An Economy-Wide Perspective
  ADR International, Ltd., September 1999

• Reforming World Agricultural Trade Policies: A Research Report
  Cairns Group Farmers, September 1999

• Integrating Agriculture into the WTO: The Next Phase
  Trade and Development Centre, September 1999

• Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Liberalization in the Millennium Round
  Global Trade Analysis Project, September 1999

• Agriculture and the WTO: Next Steps
  World Bank, August 1999

• Developing Country Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda
  World Bank, May 1999

• Agriculture, WTO, and the Next Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
  By Kym Anderson, Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide, November 1998

• Implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture and the Work of the WTO Committee on Agriculture
  IATRC, 1998

• Does the Agreement on Agriculture Work? Agriculture Disputes after the Uruguay Round
  IATRC, 1998

• Getting Ready for the Millennium Round of Trade Negotiations
  International Food Policy Research Institute

• WTO Agriculture Negotiations: The Issues, And Where We Are Now
  WTO Secretariat

• Tariff Preferences, WTO Negotiations and the LDCs: The case of the "Everything but Arms" Initiative
  Wusheng Yu and Trine Vig Jensen, FOI

• WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Decade of Dumping -- United States Dumping on Agricultural Markets
  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005

• Agriculture Negotiations at the WTO: 'Framework Phase' Update Report
  ICTSD, 2004

• IPC Doha Round Recommendations: WTO Negotiators Must Create a Solid and Specific Agricultural Framework that Builds on the Valuable Commitments Made by Key Countries
  ICTSD, 2004

• Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development
  World Bank, 2004

 

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Special and differential treatment
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• Special and differential treatment: LDCs and agriculture
  ICTSD, BRIDGES 9(10), December 2005

• Special and differential treatment in the WTO agricultural negotiations
  By Alan Matthews, Institute of International Integration Studies, Trinity College, January 2005

• Beyond Special and Differential Treatment
  IPC Briefing Issue Two, 2003

• Special and Differential Treatment in Agriculture Negotiations
  IFPRI, 2003

• Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection and Investment in the Development and Food Security Boxes
  IFPRI, 2003

• Introduction to the Development Box
  IISD, 2003

• Development Box: Can it Adequately Address the Agricultural Crisis in Developing Countries
  Focus on the Global South, April 2002

• The Future of Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in the WTO
  By Christopher Stevens, 2002

• Why the Development Box Marks a Radical Break with the Past
  By Duncan Green, BRIDGES 6(3), March/April 2002

• Bold Development Box Proposals Meet with Stiff Resistance
  ICTSD, BRIDGES 6(2) February 2002

• Proposal for a 'Development Box' in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
  Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, October 2001

• Development Box' and Special and Differential Treatment for Food Security of Developing Countries: Potentials, Limitations and Implementation Issues
  ZEF, 2000

• Developing Countries and the New Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Background Notes on Agriculture
  By Tim Josling

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Non-trade concerns
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• Agricultural Production and Soil Nutrient Mining in Africa: Implications for Resource Conservation and Policy Development
  By Julio Henao and Carlos Baanante, March 2005
  
  

• Sustainability and Social Justice in the Global Food System: Linking Conservation, Agroecology, and Food Security
  By Kathleen McAfee, 2005
  

• Reconciling Trade, Development and Non-Trade Concerns
  By Christian Haeberli, BRIDGES 7(5), June 2003

• Non-Trade Concerns and Domestic/International Policy Choice
  IATRC, 2002

• Agricultural Subsidies and Environmental Change
  By John Lingard, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2001

• Agriculture's Contribution to Environmentally and Culturally Related Non-Trade Concerns
  European Commission, July 2000

• Developing Countries and Non-Trade Concerns
  Mauritius, July 2000

• The Need for Flexibility in National Policy Design to Address Non-Trade Concerns
  Norway, July 2000

• Multifunctionality: A Pretext for Protection?
  Cairns Group, August 1999

• The Use and Abuse of Multifunctionality
  USDA, 1999

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Trade and development
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• The Consequences Of Agricultural Trade Liberalization For Developing Countries: Distinguishing Between Genuine Benefits And False Hopes
  IIIS Discussion paper by Jean-Christophe Bureau, Sébastian Jean and Alan Matthews, April 2005

• Toward Sustainable Trade Policies
  GDAE, Tufts University, March 2004

• Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the Lessons of Cancun to Revive a Genuine Development Round
  House of Commons Report, 2003

• Agriculture, Trade and Sustainable Development
  ICTSD and IIED, 2003

• Thinking Inside the Boxes: Protection and Investment in the Development and Food Security Boxes
  IFPRI, 2003

• Implementation Issues in SPS: A Developing Country Perspective for Development Agenda on the Meandering Pathways from Doha to Cancun
  RIS, 2003

• Liberalizing Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries
  Orden, Kaukab, and Diaz-Bonilla, March 2003

• How Much Does It Hurt: The Impact of Agricultural Trade Policies on Developing Countries
  IFPRI, August 2003

• Reconciling Trade, Development and Non-Trade Concerns
  By Christian Haeberli, BRIDGES 7(5), June 2003

• Farmgate: the Developmental Impact of Agricultural Subsidies
  ActionAid, August 2002

• Agriculture In Developing Countries And The WTO: 11 Papers To Understand, Anticipate And Debate
  Solagral and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2002

• Liberalizing Trade In Agriculture: Developing Countries In Asia And The Post-Doha Agenda
  By John S. Wilson, 2002

• Agriculture in Developing countries: Which Way Forward
  South Centre, 2001

• Trade and Industrialization in Developing Agricultural Economies
  International Monetary Fund, October 1999

• Experience with the Implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: Developing Country Experiences
  FAO, September 1999

• Emerging Issues at the Interface of Domestic and International Policy: Agricultural Trade and the Environment
  WWF/OECD, October 1998

• Agricultural Trade Reform, Research Incentives and the Environment
  Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide, April 1998

• Achieving Agricultural Development Through Agricultural Trade
  The International Policy Council On Agriculture, Food And Trade

• Reforming Global Trade In Agriculture: A Developing Country Perspective
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries
  World Bank, 2004

• Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development
  World Bank, 2004

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Vulnerable developing countries
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• Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Small Vulnerable Economies
  4 May 2006

• Understanding the Potential Impact of Transgenic Crops in Traditional Agriculture: Maize Farmers' Perspectives in Cuba, Guatemala, and Mexico
  By Daniela Soleri, David A. Cleveland, Flavio Aragon C., Mario R. Fuentes L., Humerto Rios L., and Stuart H. Sweeny, 2005

• Banana Wars - The Price of Free Trade: A Caribbean Perspective
  By Gordon Myers (Zed Books, 2004)

• Revolving Fund for the Purpose of Implementing the WTO Marrakesh Decision Relating to the Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
  FAO

• Small Developing Economies: Characteristics and Vulnerability
  FAO

• Dependence on Single Agricultural Commodity Exports in Developing Countries: Magnitude and Trends
  FAO

• Diversification of Production and Export in Commodity Dependent Countries including Single Commodity Exporters for Industrialization and Development Taking into Account Special Needs of LDCs
  UNCTAD

• Addressing the Impact of Preference Erosion in Bananas on Caribbean Countries
  NERA Economic Consulting and Oxford Policy Management, 2004

• Small Island Developing States: The Forgotten Vulnerability
  By G. Rajpati and S. Sahadutkhan, BRIDGES 6(5) June 2002

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Dispute settlement
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• Dispute Settlement: WTO - Agriculture
  UNCTAD, 2003

• The Survival of African Cotton Between Negotiation and Dispute at the WTO
  By El Hadji Diouf, Trade Negotiations Insights 2(3) June 2003

• When the Peace Ends: The Vulnerability of EC and US Agricultural Subsidies to WTO Legal Challenge
  By Richard H. Steinberg and Timothy E. Joslin, to be published in Journal of International Economic Law 6(2), 369-417 (c) Oxford University Press 2003

• When the Peace Ends: The Vulnerability of EC and US Agricultural Subsidies to WTO Legal ChallengeBy Richard H. Steinberg and Timothy E. Josling, BRIDGES 7(8) November-December 2003

• Strategic Trade, Competitive Industries, and Agricultural Trade Disputes
  National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2000

• Does the Agreement on Agriculture Work? Agricultural Disputes After the Uruguay Round
  International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, April 1998

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Competition policy
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• Food policy old and new
  By S. Maxwell and R. Slater, ODI, 2003

• Dynamics Of Agriculture Competitiveness: Policy Lessons From Abroad US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, April 2003

• Internationmal Agriculture Reform and Power Balance in Agrifood Chains
  IIED and ICTSD, 2003

• Competition Policy and International Agricluture Trade
  IATRC, 1999

• Competition Policy and Agricultural Trade
  OECD, October 1998

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Regionalism
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• Awaiting the Grim Repa? A Review of the Outcome of the First Phase of ACP-EU Trade Negotiations
  By ACPwatch, December 2003

• Regionalism: Old and New, Theory and Practice
  IFPRI, 2003

• The Future Of Preferential Trade Arrangements For Developing Countries And The Current Round Of WTO Negotiations On Agriculture
  FAO, 2002

• Regionalism and Trade in Agri-Food Products
  IATRC, May 1999

• What is the Cause of Growth in Regional Trade? Trade Liberalization or RTAs: The Case of Agriculture
  IATRC, 1999

• Make Trade Fair for the Americas
  Oxfam

• Implications of the Doha Development Agenda on EPA negotiations
  ECDPM and ODI

• From Lome to Cotonou
  By Bjornskov and Krivonos

• Summary of Paper on the Future of Preferential Trade Arrangements for developing countries and the current round of WTO negotiations on agriculture
  FAO

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Intellectual property
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• IPRsonline
  (ICTSD Website on intellectual property issues)

• Enjoying a good port with a clear conscience: geographical indicators, rent seeking and development
  By William A Kerr, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, 2006

• The treatment of geographical indications in recent regional and bilateral free trade agreements
  By David Vivas Eugui and Christophe Spenneman, 2006

• Indicaciones geográficas y su uso sostenible
  By Jorge Larson, 2006

• Geographical Indications: Implications for African Countries
  By Catherine Grant, Trade Brief, TRALAC, 2005

• The International Protection of Geographical Indications: The Asian Experience
  By Dwijen Rangnekar, CSGR and the Law School, University of Warwick, 2004

• Patents, trade and food: how strong patent and plant variety protection affect food security
  By Jonathan Hepburn; Quaker International Affairs Programme, Ottawa, and Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, 2004

• Protect Knowledge to Feed the World
  Anatole, F. Krattiger, 2002

• Food Security, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property
  By Geoff Tansey, 2002

• Sui Generis Systems For Plant Variety Protection
  By Biswajit Dhar, 2002

• Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Varieties: An Overview with Options for National Governments
  FAO

• Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agriculture Development
  World Bank

• Appellation of Origin and Geographical Indications in OECD Member Countries: Economic and Legal Implications
  OECD, December 2000

• Geographical Indications, a Review of Proposals at the TRIPS Council: Extending Article 23 to Products Other than Wines and Spirits
  ICTSD, 2002