Handbook of international food and agricultural policies, volume III /
International trade rules for food and agricultural products.
editors Karl Meilke, University of Guelph, Canada ; editor-in-chief Tim Josling, Stanford University.
- New Jersey : World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017, c2018.
- xxvii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Volume 1. Policies for agricultural markets and rural economic activity -- Volume 2. Policies for food safety and quality, improved nutrition, and food security -- Volume 3. International trade rules for food and agricultural products. Volume 1: Introduction -- The Place of international trade in food and farm products in national policy discourse --Distortionary impacts of food and agricultural trade policies -- Multilateral rules for agriculture: from GATT to WTO -- From multilateralism to mega-regionalism - implications for agricultural trade policy -- Dealing with disputes over agricultural trade -- Tariff policies and the progress toward open markets for agricultural products -- Contingent protection and special safeguards in agricultural trade -- Export competition and trade disciplines -- Farm support, domestic policies, and the WTO rules: the world is changing -- International trade rules for food safety and food quality -- Governance of international food assistance -- International assistance for developing countries to participate fully in the trade system.
"Volume 3 describes and explains the international trade dimension of farm and food policies - both at the bilateral and regional level - and also the multilateral rules that infuence and constrain individual governments. The volume also looks at the steps that countries are together taking to meet the needs of developing and low-income countries."--Back cover.