Title: Options for enhancing market access in a new round
Abstract:Along with textiles and a few other goods, agricultural products represent the last bastion of protected national markets in an era of globalism. The highest tariffs in agricultural markets are severa...Along with textiles and a few other goods, agricultural products represent the last bastion of protected national markets in an era of globalism. The highest tariffs in agricultural markets are several times those for manufactured goods. Table 9.1 shows the unweighted average bound tariff on agricultural commodities for twenty major trading countries. The average agricultural tariff – however it is calculated – is probably about 40 percent. Most industrial tariffs are closer to 5 percent, and some manufactured goods are now traded duty-free.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-03-25
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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