{"product_id":"king-cotton-in-international-trade-the-political-economy-of-dispute-resolution-at-the-wto-9789004313439","title":"King Cotton in International Trade: The Political","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn King Cotton in International Trade Meredith A. Taylor Black provides a comprehensive analysis of the WTO Cotton dispute and its significant jurisprudential and negotiating effect on disciplining and containing the negative effects of highly trade-distorting agricultural subsidies of developed countries. To that end, this work details the historic, economic, and political background leading up to Brazil’s challenge of the US cotton subsidies and the main findings of the five WTO reports that largely upheld that challenge. It explores the impacts of the successful challenge in terms of political and negotiating dynamics involving agriculture subsidies and other trade-related issues in the WTO while examining the effects on domestic agriculture subsidy reforms in the United States and the European Union. Finally, this volume sets forth the possible impacts of the Cotton challenge on the negotiating end-game of the Doha Development Round.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Abbreviations Abstract  Introduction   Part One:\tEconomic and Political Backdrop of US-Upland Cotton  Chapter 1\tGlobal Trade of Upland Cotton  1.\tCotton Trading, Supply and Demand Patterns  2.\tUnique Nature of Cotton as Non-Edible Commodity  3.\tUS Cotton Production \u0026amp; Its Economic Relation to Total US Agriculture 4.\tRelative Importance of Cotton to Developing\/African Countries 5.\tCotton Cost Comparisons between US and Other Producers   Chapter 2\tPolitical Economy of Agricultural Subsidy Programs  1.\tHistory of US Cotton Subsidy Programs  2.\tUS Cotton Subsidy Programs at Time of Brazil Challenge 3.\tOther Country Subsidy Programs (China, EU) 4.\tPolitical Power of US Cotton Lobby \u0026amp; US Legislative Process   Chapter 3\tWTO Political Environment Prior to US-Upland Cotton Case  1.\tMultilateral Agriculture Negotiations \u0026amp; the Formation of the WTO 2.\tAgricultural Reform Efforts Post-Uruguay Round 3.\tRole of African Cotton Producing Countries before Cotton Dispute 4.\tRole of Brazil before Cotton Dispute 5.\tSummary of Part One     Part Two:\tAnatomy of the US-Upland Cotton Dispute and Its Jurisprudential Impact on Disciplining Agricultural Subsidies under WTO Rules   Chapter 4\tOrigins of Brazil’s US-Upland Cotton  1.\tBrazil’s Strategic Goals \u0026amp; Relationship with EC Sugar Challenge 2.\tStrong Evidentiary Basis for Brazil’s Challenge 3.\tLegal and Economic Assistance to Brazil 4.\tNovel Legal Issues   Chapter 5\tWTO Dispute Settlement: Case Study on US-Upland Cotton  1.\tWTO Dispute Settlement Overview 2.\tRelevant WTO Agreements: AoA and SCM Agreements 3.\tConsultation 4.\tOriginal Panel Proceedings 5.\tAppellate Body Proceedings 6.\tCompliance Panel Proceedings under Article 21.5 7.\tAppellate Body Proceedings under Article 21.5 8.\tArbitration Proceedings under Article 22.6  Chapter 6\tUS-Upland Cotton: Key Legal Findings as Precedent for Future WTO Dispute Challenges to Agricultural Subsidies \u0026amp; Lessons Learned from the Involvement of Least Developed Countries  1.\tKey Legal Findings 2.\tLessons from the Involvement of Chad and Benin 3.\tSummary of Part Two     Part Three: \tRelevance of the US-Upland Cotton Dispute on the WTO’s Legislative Mechanism, Agricultural Subsidy Programs of WTO Members at Domestic Level, and Sustainability of the World Trade Organization   Chapter 7\tImpact of US-Upland Cotton’s Legal Precedent on Negotiation Leverage within the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO   1.\tBrazil: Use of Litigation to Move Negotiations 2.\tThe C-4, Cotton Initiative and the Creation of the Subcommittee on Cotton  Chapter 8\tPolitical Limits on Cotton Implementation in the United States   1.\tReform in the US \u0026amp; Its Limitations 2.\tBrazil-US Memorandum of Understanding\/June Framework  Chapter 9  \tEffect of Non-Compliance by the US: Ethical and Systematic Considerations  1.\tEthical Basis for the Cotton Findings and for Future Reform 2.\tUS Threat to the Legitimacy and Sustainability of the WTO  3.\tSummary of Part Three  Conclusion","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535921152343,"sku":"9789004313439","price":167.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/king-cotton-in-international-trade-the-political-economy-of-dispute-resolution-at-the-wto-9789004313439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}