The September 11th event focused the world's attention on the threat of bioterrorism to the food chain. As a consequence, the U.S. implemented the Bioterrorism Act (BTA). These new administrative import rules will be evaluated regarding WTO conformity and trade impact. This analysis is based on...

This paper focuses on the import side of a regional economy quantifying the economic impact of import levels and trade liberalization. An innovation represents the linkage of a regional with a national model by combining two separate Computable General Equilibrium models into one framework. This...

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/13/04.

SUMMARY: This paper makes use of an agricultural sector model to analyse welfare effects derived from different national implementation options of the CAP Reform 2003. It shows that agricultural prices developed more favourable in a full premium decoupling scenario, since agricultural production...

This study reviews the structure and flow of formal and informal agri-food trade within ECOWAS and evaluate the trade barriers, financial and quality infrastructure gaps. A mixed-method approach - qualitative and quantitative methods - is adopted which comprises an extensive literature review,...

This study reviews the structure and flow of formal and informal agri-food trade within ECOWAS and evaluate the trade barriers, financial and quality infrastructure gaps. A mixed-method approach - qualitative and quantitative methods - is adopted which comprises an extensive literature review,...

Agrarmärkte sind von jeher Preisschwankungen unterworfen. Deren Auswirkungen sind jedoch, seitdem die Agrarliberalisierung multilateral vorangetrieben wird und Lagerbestände abgebaut werden, weltweit deutlicher denn je zu spüren. Vor dem Hintergrund der extremen Preissteigerungen im Jahr 2008...

Lieferketten rückten jüngst durch die Corona-Krise ins Zentrum politischer Aufmerksamkeit. Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Pandemie zeigen einmal mehr, wie komplex die globale Arbeitsteilung über mehrere Staaten hinweg gestaltet ist. Aktuelle deutsche und europäische Gesetzesinitiativen...

The corona pandemic has placed supply chains back on the agenda. The economic repercussions spotlight the complexity of today's global division of labour. Current German and European initiatives are seeking to tighten the responsibility of final business consumers for human rights and...