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The law of international trade in agricultural products : from GATT 1947 to the WTO agreement on agriculture / Melaku Geboye Desta.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geboye Desta, Melaku
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, [2002]
Subjects:
World Trade Organization.
Tariff on farm produce.
Produce trade > Law and legislation.
Agricultural laws and legislation.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgement
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: General Introduction
  • 1.1 The Economic Rationale for Free Trade
  • 1.2 Laying the Legal and Institutional Foundations for Freer Trade
  • 1.3 Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System
  • 1.4 The Paradoxes of Agricultural Trade
  • 1.5 Attempts at Liberalizing Agricultural Trade
  • 1.6 Purpose and Structure of the Book
  • Part I: The Law of Agricultural Market Access
  • Chapter 2: Market Access under the General Agreement
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Forms of Import Barriers: Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures
  • 2.3 The Approach of the General Agreement towards Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers
  • 2.4 Non-tariff Barriers under the General Agreement in General
  • 2.5 Quantitative Restrictions under GATT Article XI
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Market Access under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A Review of Basic Issues of Market Access Negotiated in the Uruguay Round
  • 3.3 Substance of the Agriculture Agreement on Market Access: The Principle of Tariffication
  • 3.4 Conclusion
  • Part II: The Law of Agricultural Export Subsidies
  • Chapter 4: The Law of Export Subsidies in General
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Evolution of the Law of Subsidies in the Multilateral Trading System
  • 4.3 The 1955 Amendments: A Two-way Development?
  • 4.4 The 1979 Subsidies Code
  • 4.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 5: Subsidies under the WTO: with Particular Emphasis on Export Subsidies
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
  • 5.3 Overview of the Subsidies Discipline
  • 5.4 The Discipline of Export Subsidies
  • 5.5 Multilateral Remedies Available against Prohibited Subsidies under the "Special or Additional Rules and Procedures on Dispute Settlement"
  • 5.6 Countervailing Measures
  • 5.7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: Agricultural Export Subsidies under the Agreement on Agriculture: An Overview
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 A Review of Basic Issues of Export Subsidies Negotiated in the Uruguay Round
  • 6.3 Definition of Agricultural Export Subsidies
  • 6.4 The Regulatory Significance of Categories of Export Subsidies and Products under the Agriculture Agreement
  • 6.5 Summary
  • Chapter 7: Commitments on Agricultural Export Subsidies
  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Export Subsidy Reduction Commitments
  • 7.3 The Base Period for Export Subsidy Reduction Commitments
  • 7.4 The Dual Commitments: Reductions in the Values and Volumes of Export Subsidies
  • 7.5 Article 9.2(b): "Downstream Flexibility" Exceptions
  • Chapter 8: Enforcement of the Exprot Subsidies Discipline
  • 8.1 Implementation and Surveillance of the Discipline of Export Subsidies
  • 8.2 Remedies against Violation of the Rules on Agricultural Export Subsidies
  • Part III: The Law of Agricultural Domestic Support
  • Chapter 9: The Law of Domestic Support in General
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Domestic Support Measures and the Multilateral Trading System
  • 9.3 Domestic Support Measures under 1947 Version of the General Agreement
  • 9.4 Domestic Subsidies and the 1955 Review Session
  • 9.5 Domestic Subsidies under the Subsidies Code
  • 9.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter 10: Domestic Support under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
  • Chapter 11: Trends and Perspectives in the Law of Agricultural Trade
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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