Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations

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dc.creatorJean, Sébastien
dc.creatorLaborde Debucquet, David
dc.creatorMartin, Will
dc.date2008
dc.date2024-11-21T09:52:24Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:52:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:21:39Z
dc.descriptionThe formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function and detailed data on the current WTO agricultural negotiations to assess the implications of this approach for welfare and for market access. We find that some previous rules of thumb greatly underestimate the impacts of such exceptions. Indeed, treating even a small number of tariff lines as sensitive and subjecting them to reduced cuts has a sharply adverse impact on welfare, and a smaller but still negative impact on market access.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160868
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102123
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJean, Sébastien; Laborde Debucquet, David; Martin, Will. 2008. Choosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations. IFPRI Discussion Paper 788. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160868
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjecttrade agreements
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjecttariffs
dc.subjectworld trade organization
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.titleChoosing sensitive agricultural products in trade negotiations
dc.typeWorking Paper

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