Research Catalog

Title

International trade rules and the agriculture sector : selected implementation issues / by Victor Mosoti, Ambra Gobena for the Development Law Service FAO Legal Office.

Author

Mosoti, Victor.

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Gobena, Ambra.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Legal Office

Description

viii, 429 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Since the establishment of the WTO, there have been significant changes in the legal and institutional landscape of many developing countries. Whatever the motivation for trade-related legal reform, our experience in the FAO Legal Office has been that besides the substantial costs involved, there are many challenges to successful and meaningful legal and institutional reforms. Legal drafters must therefore be well aware of the existing legal and administrative culture. They must also have a realistic appreciation of the resource constraints in the country, for inadequate resources certainly restrict the ability of implementing bodies to put new rules into practice. This study is about the nature and extent of these trade-related legal and institutional reforms with a particular focus on those of direct relevance to the agricultural sector. In addition to the sectoral focus on agriculture, the study places distinct emphasis on the challenges of developing countries in the implementation of trade-related international obligations in the agricultural sector. It derives from FAO's experience in advising countries on the implementation of agriculture-related WTO agreements, key elements of which are discussed and illustrated by three representative case studies.--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

FAO legislative study, 1014-6679 ; 98

Uniform Title

FAO legislative study ; 98.

Subject

• Foreign trade regulation
• Agricultural laws and legislation

Genre/Form

Internet resource.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Basic legal obligations. WTO agreements and national legislation -- The evolution of the WTO agreement on agriculture -- State trading enterprises -- Interpretive issues in article 27(3)(b) of the trips agreement -- Geographical indications and trade in agricultural products -- Import surges and safeguard provisions with a particular focus on antidumping measures -- pt. 2. Country case studies. Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Nepal -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9789251058855
• 9251058857

LCCN

^^2008372760

OCLC

192124974

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library