Agriculture in the Doha Agenda

The author looks at the OECD domestic political economy associated with ongoing WTO farm negotiations, focusing on the OECD-based coalitions which could be helpful for WTO negotiators. Support from individual final consumers and taxpayers is far fr...

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Main Author:	Messerlin, Patrick
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	POLITICAL FACTORS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FARM TRADE POLICIES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE FOOD SECURITY AGRIBUSINESS PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURE ANIMALS BASE YEAR BEEF CENTRAL PLANNING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONSUMERS COTTON CROPS ELEPHANTS EMPLOYMENT EXPORTS FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE FRUITS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBALIZATION GRAIN GRAINS GROSS VALUE IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LEVERAGE LIBERALIZATION MEAT MERCANTILISM MILK OILSEEDS OLIVE OIL ON FARM PRODUCTION POLITICAL ECONOMY PORK POULTRY PRODUCE PRODUCERS QUOTAS RICE RICH ONES SMALL FARMERS SUGAR TRADE BARRIERS TRADE POLICIES URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VEGETABLES WHEAT WTO PROTECTIONISM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2191896/agriculture-doha-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18231

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spelling	okr-10986-182312021-04-23T14:03:42Z Agriculture in the Doha Agenda Messerlin, Patrick POLITICAL FACTORS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FARM TRADE POLICIES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE FOOD SECURITY AGRIBUSINESS PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURE ANIMALS BASE YEAR BEEF CENTRAL PLANNING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONSUMERS COTTON CROPS ELEPHANTS EMPLOYMENT EXPORTS FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE FRUITS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBALIZATION GRAIN GRAINS GROSS VALUE IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LEVERAGE LIBERALIZATION MEAT MERCANTILISM MILK OILSEEDS OLIVE OIL ON FARM PRODUCTION POLITICAL ECONOMY PORK POULTRY PRODUCE PRODUCERS QUOTAS RICE RICH ONES SMALL FARMERS SUGAR TRADE BARRIERS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VEGETABLES WHEAT WTO PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS The author looks at the OECD domestic political economy associated with ongoing WTO farm negotiations, focusing on the OECD-based coalitions which could be helpful for WTO negotiators. Support from individual final consumers and taxpayers is far from guaranteed because consumers are spending less and less on food, and because taxpayers support, more or less willingly, non-trade concerns, such as environment or food safety, that they tend (wrongly) to associate with domestic farmers. As a result, trade negotiators should look at other allies. A natural candidate is a powerful group of consumers-the agribusiness industries-for which a reduction of the still high protection of their products under the Doha Round requires a corresponding reduction of protection in their farm inputs. They should also talk to farmers, hence sharpen their arguments, in particular by focusing on the distinction between small and large farmers, the latter being by far the main beneficiaries of the current OECD farm protectionist policies. 2014-05-09T19:57:34Z 2014-05-09T19:57:34Z 2003-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2191896/agriculture-doha-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18231 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3009 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	POLITICAL FACTORS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FARM TRADE POLICIES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE FOOD SECURITY AGRIBUSINESS PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURE ANIMALS BASE YEAR BEEF CENTRAL PLANNING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONSUMERS COTTON CROPS ELEPHANTS EMPLOYMENT EXPORTS FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE FRUITS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBALIZATION GRAIN GRAINS GROSS VALUE IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LEVERAGE LIBERALIZATION MEAT MERCANTILISM MILK OILSEEDS OLIVE OIL ON FARM PRODUCTION POLITICAL ECONOMY PORK POULTRY PRODUCE PRODUCERS QUOTAS RICE RICH ONES SMALL FARMERS SUGAR TRADE BARRIERS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VEGETABLES WHEAT WTO PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS
spellingShingle	POLITICAL FACTORS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FARM TRADE POLICIES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE FOOD SECURITY AGRIBUSINESS PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURE ANIMALS BASE YEAR BEEF CENTRAL PLANNING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONSUMERS COTTON CROPS ELEPHANTS EMPLOYMENT EXPORTS FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTS FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOREIGN COMPETITION FREE TRADE FRUITS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBALIZATION GRAIN GRAINS GROSS VALUE IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY LABOR FORCE LEVERAGE LIBERALIZATION MEAT MERCANTILISM MILK OILSEEDS OLIVE OIL ON FARM PRODUCTION POLITICAL ECONOMY PORK POULTRY PRODUCE PRODUCERS QUOTAS RICE RICH ONES SMALL FARMERS SUGAR TRADE BARRIERS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VEGETABLES WHEAT WTO PROTECTIONISM AGRIBUSINESS Messerlin, Patrick Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3009
description	The author looks at the OECD domestic political economy associated with ongoing WTO farm negotiations, focusing on the OECD-based coalitions which could be helpful for WTO negotiators. Support from individual final consumers and taxpayers is far from guaranteed because consumers are spending less and less on food, and because taxpayers support, more or less willingly, non-trade concerns, such as environment or food safety, that they tend (wrongly) to associate with domestic farmers. As a result, trade negotiators should look at other allies. A natural candidate is a powerful group of consumers-the agribusiness industries-for which a reduction of the still high protection of their products under the Doha Round requires a corresponding reduction of protection in their farm inputs. They should also talk to farmers, hence sharpen their arguments, in particular by focusing on the distinction between small and large farmers, the latter being by far the main beneficiaries of the current OECD farm protectionist policies.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Messerlin, Patrick
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title	Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
title_short	Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
title_full	Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
title_fullStr	Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
title_full_unstemmed	Agriculture in the Doha Agenda
title_sort	agriculture in the doha agenda
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2191896/agriculture-doha-agenda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18231
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