Description
Book SynopsisTrade-Related Agricultural Policy Analysis brings together several aspects of agricultural policy analysis in an international context. A unique dimension of this book is a focus not on traditional border measures (tariffs, quotas and export subsidies or restrictions) but on behind-the-border measures that reflect the political economy of agriculture as a primary sector in context of its historical roots and relevant issues within each country. Macroeconomic policies interact with agricultural prices and trade, and thus with farm support programs. There is an intense political economy of agricultural policy in the United States, as set in recurring “farm bills.” This recurring legislation has direct effects on world markets and indirect effects by setting the conditions and tone for international negotiations. Policy interventions directed at agriculture do not occur in isolate, so their impacts have to be weighed against one another. Moreover, seeking an open global trading system for agricultural and food products has to be balanced with some public-good regulation to ensure health and safety as products cross borders. Each of these issues is explored in several chapters of this volume.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Synopsis and Context of the Volume; Macroeconomic Impacts on Agriculture: Monetary Impacts on Prices in the Short Run and Long Run: Some Evidences from New Zealand (John C Robertson and David Orden); Identifying Monetary Impacts on Agricultural Prices in VAR Models (David Orden and Paul Fackler); Exchange Rate Alignment and Producer Support Estimates (PSEs) of India (Fuzhi Cheng and David Orden); US Farm Policy in International Perspective, 1990-2020: The WTO Disciplines on Domestic Support, Lars Brink (David Orden, David Blandford and Tim Josling); Agricultural Interest Group Bargaining over the North American Free Trade Agreement (David Orden); The Political Economy of the FAIR Act (David Orden, Robert Paarlberg and Terry Roe); US Agricultural Policy: The 2002 Farm Bill and WTO Doha Round Proposal (David Orden); United States, David Blandford and David Orden (David Orden, David Blandford and Tim Josling); The US Agricultural Act of 2014; Policy Interactions: Sources of Growth in French Agriculture (Frederic Bouchet, David Orden and George W Norton); Environmental Quality and Industry Protection with Noncooperative versus Cooperative Domestic and Trade Policies (Joachim Schleich and David Orden); Poverty Implications of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Price Distortions in Pakistan (Caesar B Cororaton and David Orden); Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Integrating Import Risk and Trade Benefit Analysis (Richard Snape and David Orden); Trade-Related Regulations in the Global Food System (Timothy Josling, Donna Roberts and David Orden); Global Food Regulatory Framework (Timothy Josling, Donna Roberts and David Orden); Avocado Pests and Avocado Trade (Everett Peterson and David Orden);
