East West Agricultural Trade

The first study to focus specifically on the economics of agricultural trade issues in centrally planned economies, this volume contains recent findings of economists who have examined the decisionmaking processes and the trends that relate to agricultural trade with the West by Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and China. Future prospects for agri

8 hoofdstukken: Beslissingsprocessen omtrent landbouwimport in de Oostbloklanden; Het effect van het V.S.-Sovjet bilateraal handelsverdrag op de wereldmarkt: gevolgen voor het V.S.-beleid; Misoogsten in Oost-Europa: hoe men reageert in een geleide economie en wat dit betekent voor de wereld-graanmarkten; Import-respons, deviezentoewijzingen en inconvertibiliteit in de centraal geleide economieen; Een profiel van de sectoren der dierlijke produkten en voedingsgranen in de communistische landen; China: een raadsel in de wereldgraanhandel; Perspectieven voor de handel in landbouwprodukten op grond van vijfjarenplannen van COMECON-landen in 1981-'85

Negotiating the liberalization of world agricultural trade in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is fraught with difficulty due to the complexity of the issues and the wide range of interests across countries. In the round of global trade negotiations under the WTO, different perspectives on trade reform have produced a highly contentious agenda. These issues are addressed from a range of perspectives in this survey of the trade agenda and its implications for both developing and developed countries. Agricultural trade specialists, including those in universities, in international organizations and think tanks, analyse a comprehensive range of topics including interests and options in the WTO trade negotiations, the trade agenda from a development patent perspective, WTO trade rules, trade barriers, tariff negotiations and patent protection for developing countries.