This paper analyzes and compares the structure of cotton by-products industries in se-lected countries (Uganda … as feedstocks for biofuels is unlikely to become a new source of growth for the cotton oil market. Third, within the … context of deepening the on-going reform efforts in West and Central African countries, cotton by-products should be taken …

toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper …During the past decade, cotton prices remained considerably below other agricultural prices (although they recovered … conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to …

Following an 8-year long dispute over cotton subsidies, Brazil and the United States signed a Memorandum of … Understanding on April 21, 2010, effectively paving the way for settling the dispute. This paper argues that cotton subsidies are …, political will. Chief among them is the persistent divergence between cotton prices and the prices of other agricultural …

, policy prospects for African cotton producers remain bleak. However, the world price for cotton has doubled in a year and has …After years of diplomatic efforts and legal procedures to obtain the elimination of rich countries' cotton subsidies … undertaken in Sub-Saharan African cotton sectors on producers'supply responsiveness; and outlines what remains to be done to …

Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton … Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The … authors provide estimates of the potential economic impacts of (1) complete or partial removal of cotton subsidies and import …

The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its … Analysis Project (GTAP) database and model. The results suggest that by following the lead of China and South Africa, adoption … of GM cotton varieties by other developing countries - especially in Sub-Saharan Africa - could provide even larger …

shipment times and trade costs. For the world, the average reduction in shipment time will range between 1.2 and 2.5 percent …

This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New …

-supplying neighbor, Mexico. Real incomes in the rest of world would decline by 0.16 percent and in China by 0.38 percent because of trade …Should the China-U.S. trade agreement prompt relief because it averts a damaging trade war or concern because selective … preferential access for the United States to China's markets breaks multilateral rules against discrimination? The answer depends …