Cotton Subsidies, the WTO, and the ‘Cotton Problem’

Cotton Subsidies, the WTO, and the ‘Cotton Problem’

Following an 8-year long dispute over cotton subsidies, Brazil and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 21, 2010, effectively paving the way for settling the dispute. This paper argues that cotton subsidies are just the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baffes, John
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
AGRICULTURAL CROPS
AGRICULTURAL PRICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL
ANIMAL FEED
BENCHMARKS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BY-PRODUCTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
COLLATERAL
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVENESS
COTTON
COTTON PRICES
COTTON PRODUCTION
COTTON SECTOR
CROP
CURRENCY
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC MARKETS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDIBLE OILS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXPORT CREDIT
EXPORT SECTORS
EXPORTS
FAO
FARM
FATS
FERTILIZERS
FIBRES TEXTILES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN BANKS
GENETICS
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL MARKETS
INCOME
INCOMES
INEFFICIENCY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LDCS
LOCAL CURRENCIES
LOW INTEREST RATES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MAIZE
MARKET ACCESS
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OUTPUT
OVERVALUATION
PLANTING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR FARMERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCE
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RAPID EXPANSION
RICE
RICE PRICES
SEED
SEED COTTON
SETTLEMENT SYSTEM
SMALLHOLDERS
SUGARCANE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX
TAXATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE DISPUTES
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
TRADE POLICY
TRADING SYSTEM
TRANSPARENCY
VEGETABLE OILS
WHEAT
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD MARKET
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110518123649
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3426

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3426

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