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Quota Prices as Indicators of Comparative Advantage in Supply Managed Industries
Rajsic, Predrag; Fox, Glenn - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2012
The Canadian Farm Products Agencies Act (2012) requires that comparative advantage be used to guide the allocation of new quota under supply management. This requirement, however, has not been met in practice. Agricultural economists have proposed several ways of making this legal requirement...
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The Accession of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to the WTO: What will it Mean for the World Trade in Wheat?
Burkitbayeva, Saule; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013
2050.The KRU (Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine) countries account for approximately a quarter of world wheat exports and are … collectively considered one of the key wheat exporting regions. The Ukraine became a member of the WTO only in 2008. Russia became … an official member of the WTO in 2012 and Kazakhstan is expected to follow Russia and reach an accession deal with WTO …
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Do Efficient Dairy Producers Purchase Quota?
Elskamp, Rebecca; Hailu, Getu - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2013
We examine the effect of farm level cost and scale efficiencies on dairy quota exchanges in Ontario. A constrained profit maximization framework is used to illustrate the role of cost efficiency in quota exchanges (i.e., sales and purchases). Using a multinomial logit model, where net quota...
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Generically Modified Products: Trade Concerns
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Trade Concerns
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
Trade in genetically modified (GM) products remains a major issue in agricultural trade policy. In particular, the European Union has sought to deny market access to GM-products. In the wake of a WTO case brought by Canada and the US, among others, against an import ban imposed on genetically...
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Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Triffid Flax
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The regulatory regime for contamination permits the imposition of import bans with neither a scientific justification nor a risk assessment. No scientific assessment of Triffid flax was done prior to the import ban. The import regime put in place to deal with the contamination of flax with the...
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The New Food Safety Regime in the US: How Will it Affect Canadian Competitiveness
Nakuja, Tekuni; Akhand, M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which was signed into law in January, 2011 represents a major initiative to improve food safety in the US. The legislation mandates the US Food and Drug Administration with developing a regulatory system to implement the Act. As yet, the full effect of...
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Detecting COOL Impacts on US-Canada Bilateral Hog and Pork Trade Flows
Rude, James; Gervais, Jean-Philippe; Felt, Marie-Helene - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010
Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) regulation has been applied in the United States meat sector since October 2008. The industry must label beef, lamb and pork (ground meat and muscle cuts) sold through retail outlets according to its country of origin. The labelling requirements create...
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Challenging US Country of Origin Labelling at the World Trade Organization: The Law, The Issues and The Evidence
Sawka, Alison L.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2010
Canada and Mexico are formally challenging US country of origin (COOL) legislation at the World Trade Organization. The industries most affected by COOL are beef and pork. The effect of COOL on North American cross border supply chains is outlined. The areas of international trade law upon which...
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Is the Growth of Regionalism as Significant as the Headlines Suggest? Lessons from Agricultural Trade
Grant, Jason H. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2012
The proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has motivated a significant number of ex post econometric studies investigating their agricultural trade impacts. The general conclusion is that RTAs increase members’ trade by as much as 150 percent, on average. In this article, we...
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