When the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in 1995, its members committed themselves to a set of disciplines for domestic support, market access, and export competition for agriculture. The Agreement on Agriculture laid the way for the pursuit of progressive reductions in world agricultural market distortions. Its supporters hoped the new rules and commitments would encourage countries to move domestic farm policies in a less trade-distorting direction.
This book examines the Agreement’s domestic support disciplines and their potential strengthening under the as-yet unfinished Doha Round negotiations. The analysis focuses on four developed countries (the United States, the European Union [as a single “country”], Japan, and Norway) and four developing countries (Brazil, China, India, and the Philippines).
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Research Brief
Chapter Updates
- WTO disciplines on agricultural support update: Philippine WTO domestic support notification
April 2013. - WTO disciplines on agricultural support update: Evaluation of Japanese agricultural policy reforms under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
June 2012. - WTO disciplines on agricultural support update: A comparison of India's WTO domestic support notifications with shadow measurements
April 2012.
IFPRI Policy Seminar
- Agricultural Support in Doha and Beyond: Political Economy, Experience and Prospectus for the EU, US and Japan
June 7, 2011 - Seminar Presentation
Related Events
- Seeking Answers to Global Trade Challenges (2011 WTO Public Forum)
September 23, 2011 - WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support
April 6, 2010 - Understanding WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Domestic Support (2009 WTO Public Forum)
September 29, 2009
Reviews
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WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade
Lee Ann Jackson. World Trade Review (2012) 11:4: 654-657. -
WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade
Luca Salvatici. European Review of Agricultural Economics (2012) 39(1): 184-186.