Food Fights over Free Trade How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization

Name: Food Fights over Free Trade How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization
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ISBN: 9780691122540

ISBN-10: 0691122547

ISBN-13: 9780691122540

Edition: 2003

Authors: Christina L. Davis

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This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture stands out as a sector in which countries stubbornly defend domestic programs, and agricultural issues have been the most frequent source of trade disputes in the postwar trading system. While much protection remains, agricultural trade negotiations have resulted in substantial concessions as well as negotiation collapses.Food Fights over Free Tradeshows that the liberalization that has occurred has…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



Introduction



Negotiation Structure and Trade Liberalization



Framework for Analysis of Negotiations



Patterns of Agricultural Liberalization



U.S.-Japan Trade Negotiations



Farm Politics in Japan



Legal Framing and Quota Policies



Linkages in Comprehensive Negotiations



U.S-EU Trade Negotiations



Farm Politics in the European Union



Two Rounds of Negotiating CAP



Battles over Beef



Conclusion



Comparative Perspectives


App.: Descriptive Statistics


Bibliography


Index