The political economy of agricultural trade policy: Sri Lanka in the Uruguay round

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prema‐chandra Athukorala ◽  
Saman Kelegama
1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen C.W. Ames

AbstractA model of the political economy of agricultural policy formulation was used to analyze the current stalemate in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. The combination of social welfare increasing and transferring policies in the European Community and the U.S. is one of the primary causes of the deadlock in trade negotiations. The Community's farm policy of high internal price supports, limited market access, and export subsidies represents short-term equilibria in the market for social-welfare policies which distribute benefits to producers at the expense of consumers and taxpayers. Thus, the opportunity for internal reform of the CAP leading to a compromise in the GATT negotiations is problematic at best. However, international commitments to agricultural policy reform will force the Community to make concessions which will bring equivalent change in domestic policy.


2017 ◽  
pp. 197-224
Author(s):  
Mark Baimbridge ◽  
Ioannis Litsios ◽  
Karen Jackson ◽  
Uih Ran Lee

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