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A Special Safeguard Mechanism for Agricultural Imports and the Management of Reform

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dc.contributor.authorFinger, J. Michael
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:11:24Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:11:24Z
dc.date.issued2009-05-01
dc.description.abstractThe record of traditional safeguard provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization provides useful information about how a special agricultural safeguard might be made effective. The success of existing safeguard or flexibility provisions to sustain long-run liberalization programs stems from their requiring objective, transparent, and participatory decisions on the application of the import restrictions they allow. The proposed special agricultural safeguard expands by arithmetic formula the bounds within which a Member may impose a new import restriction. Analysis reported here suggests that the formulas provide a poor guide for policy, indicating that they would frequently prescribe action that is not needed and fail to prescribe action when it would be appropriate. Analysis of the existing agricultural safeguard, to which the special agricultural safeguard is similar, indicates that it has functioned not as an allowance for occasional response to unusual situations but as an expansion of the limits Members have accepted through tariff bindings. To be useful, the special agricultural safeguard should do more than provide formulas for import restrictions. It should provide for objective and participatory processes that would bring forward relevant information and guide an objective and balanced accounting of the interests at play.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090707095400
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4927
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4181
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4927
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAD VALOREM
dc.subjectAGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRADE
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING ACTIONS
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING DUTIES
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING DUTY
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING MEASURES
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING POLICY
dc.subjectANTIDUMPING RULES
dc.subjectAPPAREL
dc.subjectAPPLIED TARIFF
dc.subjectBALANCE OF PAYMENTS
dc.subjectBALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROVISIONS
dc.subjectBILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectBUFFER STOCKS
dc.subjectCAPITAL GOODS
dc.subjectCOMMERCE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE DISCIPLINE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE PRICE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONCESSIONS
dc.subjectCONFLICT OF INTEREST
dc.subjectCONTRACTING PARTIES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY MARKETS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectDETERMINATION OF INJURY
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subjectDISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKETS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRICE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRODUCERS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRODUCTION
dc.subjectDUMPING
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectESCAPE CLAUSE
dc.subjectEUROPEAN UNION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEXPORT RECEIPTS
dc.subjectEXPORT RESTRAINTS
dc.subjectEXPORT VOLUME
dc.subjectEXPORT VOLUMES
dc.subjectEXPORTER
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFARMING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOREIGN COMPETITION
dc.subjectFOREIGN COSTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFREE TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectFUNGIBLE
dc.subjectGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectIMPORT DUTY
dc.subjectIMPORT POLICIES
dc.subjectIMPORT PRICE
dc.subjectIMPORT PROHIBITIONS
dc.subjectIMPORT RESTRICTION
dc.subjectIMPORT RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectIMPORT VOLUME
dc.subjectIMPORTED PRODUCTS
dc.subjectIMPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectIMPORTING COUNTRY
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINFANT INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectINFANT INDUSTRY
dc.subjectINJURIOUS DUMPING
dc.subjectINSTRUMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectINVOICE PRICE
dc.subjectLEGAL OBLIGATION
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectMARKET PRICE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE
dc.subjectNATIONAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectNATIONAL SECURITY
dc.subjectOPENNESS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESPONSE
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADE
dc.subjectPRICE OF IMPORTS
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectRECIPROCITY
dc.subjectRENEGOTIATION
dc.subjectRENEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectREPAYMENTS
dc.subjectRESERVE
dc.subjectRESERVES
dc.subjectROUND AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectSAFEGUARD CLAUSE
dc.subjectSAFEGUARD MEASURES
dc.subjectSPECIAL SAFEGUARD
dc.subjectSPECIAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectSPREAD
dc.subjectSTATE TRADING
dc.subjectSTATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSUPPLIER
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectTARIFF BINDINGS
dc.subjectTARIFF LINE
dc.subjectTARIFF LINES
dc.subjectTARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectTARIFF POLICY
dc.subjectTARIFF RATE
dc.subjectTARIFF RATES
dc.subjectTARIFF REDUCTION
dc.subjectTARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectTARIFF SCHEDULES
dc.subjectTARIFF-RATE QUOTA
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE DATA
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE NEGOTIATION
dc.subjectTRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY REVIEW
dc.subjectTRADE REFORM
dc.subjectTRADE REMEDIES
dc.subjectTRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectTRADING SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectUNFAIR COMPETITION
dc.subjectVALUE OF IMPORTS
dc.subjectVER
dc.subjectVOLATILITY
dc.subjectVOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINT
dc.subjectWELFARE LOSS
dc.subjectWORLD MARKETS
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.titleA Special Safeguard Mechanism for Agricultural Imports and the Management of Reformen
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