GATT Negotiations and the Political Economy of Policy Reform |
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| Author:
| Rausser, Gordon C. |
| Contribution by:
| Ardeni, P. G.
De Gorter, H.
Foster, W. E.
Gray, R.
Just, R. E.
Labson, B. S.
Nielson, D. J.
Schmitz, A.
Vercammen, J.
Zilberman, D. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-642-79286-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
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| Imprint: | Springer |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $139.00USD $109.99 |
Book Description:
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This volume is dedicated to understanding the political economy obstacles to trade reform, especially global agricultural trade reform, and how these obstacles can be surmounted. The focus is on the trade reform under the GATT negotiations. New political-economic methodologies are used to assess and evaluate the obstacles and original scholarly analyses have been designed to explain why agriculture - among so many topics - became such a significant problem in the most recent Uruguay...
More DescriptionThis volume is dedicated to understanding the political economy obstacles to trade reform, especially global agricultural trade reform, and how these obstacles can be surmounted. The focus is on the trade reform under the GATT negotiations. New political-economic methodologies are used to assess and evaluate the obstacles and original scholarly analyses have been designed to explain why agriculture - among so many topics - became such a significant problem in the most recent Uruguay Round of the GATT.