The WTO Agreement on Agriculture : a commentary / Joseph A. McMahon.
"The WTO Agreement on Agriculture subjected agriculture to a set of international rules for the first time in the history of international trade. Ever since its negotiation, the Agreement has been at the forefront of the controversy surrounding the purpose and impact of the WTO itself. Thiscomm...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Oxford commentaries on international law. Oxford commentaries on the GATT/WTO agreements.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "The WTO Agreement on Agriculture subjected agriculture to a set of international rules for the first time in the history of international trade. Ever since its negotiation, the Agreement has been at the forefront of the controversy surrounding the purpose and impact of the WTO itself. Thiscommentary provides a full legal analysis of the obligations imposed by the agreement on WTO members, and of the complex history of the Agreement's negotiation and revision and the controversy surrounding its effect on international development.The commentary is structured around the three areas of reform initiated by the Agreement - market access, domestic support and export competition. The book provides an in-depth examination of the substantive provisions and the disputes that have arisen in each of these three areas. In addition, thebook situates these provisions against their background in pre-WTO regulation. It analyzes the operation of the 'Peace clause' and assesses the impact of the clause's expiration. The commentary concludes by assessing the Agreement's accommodation of and impact on developing economies, and examiningthe process of reforming domestic farm subsidies, one of the dominant issues currently confronting the WTO."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 333 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191773352 9780191773358 |