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Agricultural Agenda of the European Union for the Doha Round

Agricultural Agenda of the European Union for the Doha Round. By Michel PETIT. Recall the specificity of the decision process. Limited power but key role of the commission. Consequences Stability of policies Predictability of their evolution.

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Agricultural Agenda of the European Union for the Doha Round

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  1. Agricultural Agenda of the European Union for the Doha Round By Michel PETIT

  2. Recall the specificity of the decision process • Limited power but key role of the commission • Consequences • Stability of policies • Predictability of their evolution

  3. Directions of European Agricultural Domestic and Trade Policies • Turning Point: 1992/MacSharry • Berlin Summit/ ‘Agenda 2000’ • Pressures from trading partners • Budget pressures • Enlargement • New Actors • Logic of the “Second Pillar”

  4. Directions of European Agricultural Domestic and Trade Policies • Turning Point: 1992/MacSharry • Berlin Summit/ ‘Agenda 2000’ • Prediction: Pressures will continue

  5. Consequences for the European Position in WTO • Preliminary remark: Agriculture is but only one sector of the economy, even if a politically sensitive one.

  6. Consequences for the European Position in WTO • ON SUBSTANCE • Market Access • Export Subsidies • Domestic Support • Non-Trade Concerns/Multifunctionality • SPS • TRIPS

  7. Consequences for the European Position in WTO • ON TACTICS • Watch USA carefully • Cultivate developing countries but…

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