Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264105425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This report examines pertinent issues at the interface between domestic policy objectives, technical regulations and agricultural trade. It also discusses approaches to measuring the trade impacts of food safety and other technical measures.
The Impact of Regulations on Agro-Food Trade The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreements
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264105425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This report examines pertinent issues at the interface between domestic policy objectives, technical regulations and agricultural trade. It also discusses approaches to measuring the trade impacts of food safety and other technical measures.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264105425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This report examines pertinent issues at the interface between domestic policy objectives, technical regulations and agricultural trade. It also discusses approaches to measuring the trade impacts of food safety and other technical measures.
The Impact of Regulations on Agro-Food Trade
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Agricultural trade disputes over issues such as beef hormones and genetically modified organisms illustrate the trade-off between domestic and international policy objectives. This report examines key agricultural trade issues related to food safety and other technical measures and discusses the implementation of WTO agreements relating to the technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS). It considers impact quantification methods in general terms and as specific case studies, in order to aid the design of technical measures that minimise the level of trade restriction.
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Agricultural trade disputes over issues such as beef hormones and genetically modified organisms illustrate the trade-off between domestic and international policy objectives. This report examines key agricultural trade issues related to food safety and other technical measures and discusses the implementation of WTO agreements relating to the technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS). It considers impact quantification methods in general terms and as specific case studies, in order to aid the design of technical measures that minimise the level of trade restriction.
Standards and Agro-food Exports from Developing Countries
Author: Steven Jaffee
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The proliferation and increased stringency of food safety and agricultural health standards is a source of concern among many developing countries. These standards are perceived as a barrier to the continued success of their exports of high-value agro-food products (including fish, horticultural, and other products), either because these countries lack the technical and administrative capacities needed for compliance or because these standards can be applied in a discriminatory or protectionist manner. Jaffee and Henson draw on available literature and work in progress to examine the underlying evidence related to the changing standards environment and its impact on existing and potential developing country exporters of high-value agricultural and food products. The evidence the authors present, while only partial, suggests that the picture for developing countries as a whole is not necessarily problematic and certainly less pessimistic than the mainstream "standards-as-barriers" perspective. Indeed, rising standards serve to accentuate underlying supply chain strengths and weaknesses and thus impact differently on the competitive position of individual countries and distinct market participants. Some countries and industries are even using high quality and safety standards to successfully (re- )position themselves in competitive global markets. This emphasizes the importance of considering the effects of food safety and agricultural health measures within the context of wider capacity constraints and underlying supply chain trends and drivers. The key question for developing countries is how to exploit their strengths and overcome their weaknesses such that they are gainers rather than losers in the emerging commercial and regulatory context. This paper--a product of the International Trade Department, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to understand the challenges and opportunities facing developing countries associated with evolving international standards for food and other products.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The proliferation and increased stringency of food safety and agricultural health standards is a source of concern among many developing countries. These standards are perceived as a barrier to the continued success of their exports of high-value agro-food products (including fish, horticultural, and other products), either because these countries lack the technical and administrative capacities needed for compliance or because these standards can be applied in a discriminatory or protectionist manner. Jaffee and Henson draw on available literature and work in progress to examine the underlying evidence related to the changing standards environment and its impact on existing and potential developing country exporters of high-value agricultural and food products. The evidence the authors present, while only partial, suggests that the picture for developing countries as a whole is not necessarily problematic and certainly less pessimistic than the mainstream "standards-as-barriers" perspective. Indeed, rising standards serve to accentuate underlying supply chain strengths and weaknesses and thus impact differently on the competitive position of individual countries and distinct market participants. Some countries and industries are even using high quality and safety standards to successfully (re- )position themselves in competitive global markets. This emphasizes the importance of considering the effects of food safety and agricultural health measures within the context of wider capacity constraints and underlying supply chain trends and drivers. The key question for developing countries is how to exploit their strengths and overcome their weaknesses such that they are gainers rather than losers in the emerging commercial and regulatory context. This paper--a product of the International Trade Department, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to understand the challenges and opportunities facing developing countries associated with evolving international standards for food and other products.
Issues in Agricultural Trade Policy Proceedings of the 2014 OECD Global Forum on Agriculture
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264233911
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This book brings together a collection of papers prepared for the Global Forum on Agriculture that took place at the OECD in December 2014.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264233911
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This book brings together a collection of papers prepared for the Global Forum on Agriculture that took place at the OECD in December 2014.
Food Safety Standards in International Trade
Author: Onsando Osiemo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131552659X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Food safety has become a major concern for consumers in the developed world and Europe in particular. This has been highlighted by the recent spate of food scares ranging from the BSE (mad cow) crisis to Chinese melamine contamination of baby formula. To ensure food safety throughout Europe, stringent food safety standards have been put in place ‘from farm to fork’. At the same time, poor African countries in the COMESA rely on their food exports to the European market to achieve their development goals yet have difficulty meeting the EU food safety standards. This book examines the impact of EU food safety standards on food imports from COMESA countries. It also critically examines both EU and COMESA food safety standards in light of the WTO SPS Agreement and the jurisprudence of the WTO panels and Appellate Body. The book makes ground-breaking proposals on how the standards divide between the EU and the COMESA can be bridged and discusses the impact of EU food safety standards on food imports from poor African countries.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131552659X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Food safety has become a major concern for consumers in the developed world and Europe in particular. This has been highlighted by the recent spate of food scares ranging from the BSE (mad cow) crisis to Chinese melamine contamination of baby formula. To ensure food safety throughout Europe, stringent food safety standards have been put in place ‘from farm to fork’. At the same time, poor African countries in the COMESA rely on their food exports to the European market to achieve their development goals yet have difficulty meeting the EU food safety standards. This book examines the impact of EU food safety standards on food imports from COMESA countries. It also critically examines both EU and COMESA food safety standards in light of the WTO SPS Agreement and the jurisprudence of the WTO panels and Appellate Body. The book makes ground-breaking proposals on how the standards divide between the EU and the COMESA can be bridged and discusses the impact of EU food safety standards on food imports from poor African countries.
OECD Insights International Trade Free, Fair and Open?
Author: Love Patrick
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 926406026X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Argues that prosperity has rarely, if ever, been achieved or sustained without trade. Trade alone, however, is not enough; policies targeting employment, education, health and other issues are also needed to promote well-being and tackle the challenges of a globalised economy.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 926406026X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Argues that prosperity has rarely, if ever, been achieved or sustained without trade. Trade alone, however, is not enough; policies targeting employment, education, health and other issues are also needed to promote well-being and tackle the challenges of a globalised economy.
Nontariff Measures and International Trade
Author: John Christopher Beghin
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9813144416
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Nontariff Measures and International Trade includes 20 chapters authored by John Beghin and co-authors over the last 20 years on the economics of quality-standard like nontariff measures in the context of international trade. This book provides a coherent and comprehensive treatment of these nontariff measures, from their measurement to their effects on trade and welfare. In Part I, the authors use different perspectives to make the case that, unlike tariffs, quality-standard like nontariff measures are complex to measure and analyze and do not easily lead to general policy prescriptions. Then, Part II contains contributions on measurements of welfare and trade effects of nontariff measures, accounting for potential market imperfections. Part III presents chapters on the potential protectionism of nontariff measures when they are used to favor some economic agents over society. The last part presents cases studies of nontariff measures in different industries, markets, and countries.
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9813144416
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Nontariff Measures and International Trade includes 20 chapters authored by John Beghin and co-authors over the last 20 years on the economics of quality-standard like nontariff measures in the context of international trade. This book provides a coherent and comprehensive treatment of these nontariff measures, from their measurement to their effects on trade and welfare. In Part I, the authors use different perspectives to make the case that, unlike tariffs, quality-standard like nontariff measures are complex to measure and analyze and do not easily lead to general policy prescriptions. Then, Part II contains contributions on measurements of welfare and trade effects of nontariff measures, accounting for potential market imperfections. Part III presents chapters on the potential protectionism of nontariff measures when they are used to favor some economic agents over society. The last part presents cases studies of nontariff measures in different industries, markets, and countries.
African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance
Author: Michael Byron Nelson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316790843
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The proliferation of international institutions with overlapping scope and authority over issue areas creates strategic dilemmas for all states. While African states are often considered marginalised in world politics and global markets, Michael Byron Nelson shows how coalitions can form a crucial part of African strategies to influence international institutions and achieve results. Building a bottom-up analysis of global governance, through legal analysis, content analysis, and in-depth interviews, Nelson illuminates institutional and coalition dynamics through case studies of three key areas - food safety, intellectual property, and agricultural trade. He highlights the difficulties encountered by coalitions attempting to navigate institutional systems, emerging from institutional thickness (increasing the number of institutions involved) and integration (increasing the formal linkages between those institutions). Finally, Nelson shows how increasing the hierarchy of an institutional system, by creating a focal point on a single institution, can make coordination easier for coalitions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316790843
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The proliferation of international institutions with overlapping scope and authority over issue areas creates strategic dilemmas for all states. While African states are often considered marginalised in world politics and global markets, Michael Byron Nelson shows how coalitions can form a crucial part of African strategies to influence international institutions and achieve results. Building a bottom-up analysis of global governance, through legal analysis, content analysis, and in-depth interviews, Nelson illuminates institutional and coalition dynamics through case studies of three key areas - food safety, intellectual property, and agricultural trade. He highlights the difficulties encountered by coalitions attempting to navigate institutional systems, emerging from institutional thickness (increasing the number of institutions involved) and integration (increasing the formal linkages between those institutions). Finally, Nelson shows how increasing the hierarchy of an institutional system, by creating a focal point on a single institution, can make coordination easier for coalitions.
OECD Factbook 2007 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264084843
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
OECD Factbook 2007 is the third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic new statistical publication from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264084843
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
OECD Factbook 2007 is the third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic new statistical publication from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of subject areas.
OECD Factbook 2005 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264084800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
OECD Factbook 2005 is the first edition of a comprehensive and dynamic new statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover the full range of topics covered by the OECD.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264084800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
OECD Factbook 2005 is the first edition of a comprehensive and dynamic new statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover the full range of topics covered by the OECD.