The evolving changes in demand, industry structure, and technology evident in the U.S. food-proce... more The evolving changes in demand, industry structure, and technology evident in the U.S. food-processing industry, identified in this session by Connor, Heien, Kinsey, and Wills and Sanderson and Schweigert have significant implications for agricultural economic analysis. It is evident that the food-processing industry is increasingly dynamic, interacts extensively with the farm and consumer sectors, is being integrated into nonagricultural industries, and continues to expand its international dimensions. Equally important as these trends in shaping the future are constraints imposed by microand macropolicies. Given industry dynamics and complex policy interactions, it is likely that traditional static competitive models for evaluating firm and industry performance may be inappropriate. This paper examines the implications of industry dynamics for economic analysis of the food-processing industry and develops a framework of the interactive policy environment in which the industry operates. Within this framework, implications of some key policy variables are explored to suggest their importance to empirical models.
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
Developing countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel... more Developing countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are expected to play a major role in the multilateral trade negotiations under the Doha development agenda. The successful conclusion of these ...
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
This chapter provides a summary of some of the issues that are fundamental to the Doha negotiatio... more This chapter provides a summary of some of the issues that are fundamental to the Doha negotiations themselves and to the eventual implementation of an agreement. The first two sections explore two critical questions: Why are agricultural trade reforms important, and ...
Many commentators assume that the WTO Doha Round negotiations have already failed and that this f... more Many commentators assume that the WTO Doha Round negotiations have already failed and that this failure will not matter for Canadian agriculture. Neither view is correct. Most countries appear willing to make the effort needed to bring the negotiations to a make or break point in early 2008. If the Doha Round does eventually fail, an important opportunity to make the agricultural trading system significantly less distorted, more open and fair will have been lost. For Canadian agriculture, the failure to move the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) forward has more serious consequences than just missing the chance to improve the rules governing agricultural trade; it could signal a return to increased protectionism, more managed trade, a return to competitive subsidization, and an escalation in the number of trade disputes.
The evolving changes in demand, industry structure, and technology evident in the U.S. food-proce... more The evolving changes in demand, industry structure, and technology evident in the U.S. food-processing industry, identified in this session by Connor, Heien, Kinsey, and Wills and Sanderson and Schweigert have significant implications for agricultural economic analysis. It is evident that the food-processing industry is increasingly dynamic, interacts extensively with the farm and consumer sectors, is being integrated into nonagricultural industries, and continues to expand its international dimensions. Equally important as these trends in shaping the future are constraints imposed by microand macropolicies. Given industry dynamics and complex policy interactions, it is likely that traditional static competitive models for evaluating firm and industry performance may be inappropriate. This paper examines the implications of industry dynamics for economic analysis of the food-processing industry and develops a framework of the interactive policy environment in which the industry operates. Within this framework, implications of some key policy variables are explored to suggest their importance to empirical models.
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
Developing countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel... more Developing countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are expected to play a major role in the multilateral trade negotiations under the Doha development agenda. The successful conclusion of these ...
Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is su... more Reforming agricultural trade for developing countries is a two-volume set. The first volume is subtitled Key issues for a pro- development outcome of the Doha Round, and it is focused on specific concerns that are being encountered in the agricultural negotiations, and on strategies for dealing with them to arrive at a final agreement that will significantly spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. The companion volume is subtitled Quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It comprises chapters that take different approaches to modeling trade reform and quantifying the resulting benefits and costs to various players in the negotiations. The study explains the differences in results that come out of these different approaches, and compares them to some other recent estimates of the gains from global trade reform.
This chapter provides a summary of some of the issues that are fundamental to the Doha negotiatio... more This chapter provides a summary of some of the issues that are fundamental to the Doha negotiations themselves and to the eventual implementation of an agreement. The first two sections explore two critical questions: Why are agricultural trade reforms important, and ...
Many commentators assume that the WTO Doha Round negotiations have already failed and that this f... more Many commentators assume that the WTO Doha Round negotiations have already failed and that this failure will not matter for Canadian agriculture. Neither view is correct. Most countries appear willing to make the effort needed to bring the negotiations to a make or break point in early 2008. If the Doha Round does eventually fail, an important opportunity to make the agricultural trading system significantly less distorted, more open and fair will have been lost. For Canadian agriculture, the failure to move the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) forward has more serious consequences than just missing the chance to improve the rules governing agricultural trade; it could signal a return to increased protectionism, more managed trade, a return to competitive subsidization, and an escalation in the number of trade disputes.
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