[eng] Uruguay Round reductions in tariff protection : The case of agriculture in the European Union, Canada and the United States.. At the conclusion of the Uruguay Round the measure that was expected to have the most tangible impact was the clause relating to market access, requiring the...

This paper provides a summary measure of the possible new commitments in the area of agricultural market access undertaken by the European Union and the United States, using the Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI) as the tariff aggregator. We take the 2001 bound tariffs as the starting point and...

This paper traces the main features of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and of the transition process in the agricultural sectors of Central and Eastern European countries. We argue that currently the main challenge is to extend the CAP to the new members without upsetting the net...

The EU tariff schedule includes many specific and composite tariffs as well as tariff-rate quotas (TRQs). Hence, different patterns of trade liberalisation might have different consequences for both producers and consumers through changes in the composition of trade. We illustrate the issues at...

Welfare, trade and market effects of a set of trade liberalizationscenarios are analyzed using a global applied general equilibrium model built from the standard provided by the Global TradeAnalysis Project. Simulations include import tariff and exportsubsidy reductions in agriculture and...

We assess the impact on agricultural trade of European Union (EU) trade policies, using a gravity model based on disaggregated trade flows from 161 developing countries (DCs) to 15 EU member countries. We use a sample selection framework to account for potential selection bias of positive trade...

A modified version of the computable general equilibrium GTAP-E model is developed in order to assess the economic and carbon emission effects of alternative trade policy measures aimed at reducing carbon leakage. We compare several unilateral policy measures implemented by countries subject to...

[fre] L'étroite interdépendance entre les politiques agricoles nationales et les cours des marchés mondiaux, ainsi que les négociations actuelles du GATT amènent les économistes agricoles à faire face à une demande considérable de travaux de recherches. Leur capacité à y répondre est...