Agriculture and food security in the Gatt Uruguay round
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Watkins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 50 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056249108703887 |
| OpenAlex | W2021080621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 2 |
Launched in 1986, the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round of international trade talks has been dominated by a confrontation between the US and the EC over farm policy reform. Both sides proclaim their commitment to devising a GATT regime which will bring an end to the anarchy in world agricultural markets, yet neither is willing to address the underlying cause of the present malaise: structural over‐production in their own farm sectors and the resulting accumulation of surpluses. The use of export subsidies to put these surpluses on to world markets caused developing countries severe trade and food security problems in the 1980s; and a Uruguay Round deal is unlikely to bring any relief. What it will do, however, is introduce new regulations which, enshrined in international trade law, will restrict the right of developing countries to manage their own food systems. Most importantly, the use of trade measures to control food imports and price support measures to promote staple food production could be severely constrained, or banned, by a ‘farm superpower’ GATT agreement
Agriculture · Business · China · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Free trade · International economics · International trade · Market economy · Political science · Subsidy · Superpower · Trade barrier · World trade · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Law
Global Development and The Corporate Food Regime
States and markets in the Southern African development community (Sadc)
Un operations and third world security
Rethinking globalization
The complexities of globalization
Tensions between National and International Control of the World Food Order
World food system restructuring under a Gatt regime
Human Security and Food Security in Geographical Study
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2008 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |