Transatlantic food and agricultural trade policy 50 years of conflict and convergence

1. The emergence of transatlantic agricultural tensions (1957 to 1971) -- 2. Turbulent markets and increasing trade conflicts (1972 to 1985) -- 3. The adoption of disciplines and the domestic reforms (1986 to 2001) -- 4. Growing challenges to US and EU farm policies (2001 to 2014) -- 5. Food policy...

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Main Author: Josling, Timothy E.
Other Authors: Tangermann, Stefan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd 2015
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Summary:1. The emergence of transatlantic agricultural tensions (1957 to 1971) -- 2. Turbulent markets and increasing trade conflicts (1972 to 1985) -- 3. The adoption of disciplines and the domestic reforms (1986 to 2001) -- 4. Growing challenges to US and EU farm policies (2001 to 2014) -- 5. Food policy moves to center stage in transatlantic relations (1986 to 2013) -- 6. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the path to convergence (2011 to 2014 and beyond) -- 7. Lasting conflict or eventual convergence?
Tim Josling and Stefan Tangermann's Transatlantic Food and Agricultural Trade Policy traces the past fifty years of transatlantic trade relations in the area of food and agricultural policy, from early skirmishes over farm policies to on-going conflicts over biotech foods and hormone use in animal rearing. The authors take an analytical approach to the causes of transatlantic conflict and the extent to which these trade tensions in agricultural markets have reflected wide differences in policy approaches and levels of support. They explore the role played by international rules, in the GATT, and subsequently the WTO, in disciplining farm price support policies to allow for more open markets. The book also points to possible ways to end five decades of transatlantic trade tensions in the area of food and farm products. Scholars, practitioners and policymakers will find this timely book an invaluable and comprehensive guide to the causes of, and solutions to, the persistent EU-US trade conflicts in agricultural and food policy
Physical Description:xx, 288 p ill
ISBN:9781783476954
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