Agriculture and the WTO

Towards a New Theory of International Agricultural Trade Regulation

Fiona Smith (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2009
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84542-490-9 (ISBN)

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International agricultural trade regulation remains problematic despite the creation of the WTO and a specific Agreement on Agriculture in 1995. Fiona Smith challenges this orthodoxy and presents a new conceptual method by which the problem of international agricultural trade in the WTO can be understood. Attempts to revise the rules in the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks have repeatedly stalled as negotiators grapple with what is perceived to be the problem of international agricultural trade. Issues such as how best to address the contemporary challenges to market liberalisation whilst preserving the environment, difficulties of biofuels, development, human rights and the demands of the changing nature of global governance are all examined in this timely book.

Challenging convention and introducing new concepts, Agriculture and the WTO will strongly appeal to academics working in the fields of international agricultural trade, international relations, international economic law, agriculture law and policy. It will also be warmly welcomed by policymakers and graduate students with a special interest in international agricultural trade.

Fiona Smith, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex,UK

Contents: Preface 1. International Agricultural Trade Regulation: Charting the Landscape 2. Current Perceptions of the Problem 3. Two Models of Disagreement 4. Polycentrism and the Issue of Market Access 5. Cultural Divergence, Polycentricity and Subsidies 6. Towards the Future Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2009
Reihe/Serie	Elgar International Economic Law series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-84542-490-5 / 1845424905
ISBN-13	978-1-84542-490-9 / 9781845424909
Zustand	Neuware