GGR329H1 Lecture 6: GGR329H1 Lecture 6
4 Aug 2017
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Governments have played an active role in managing food production & trade. Rich countries have used surplus food & political influence in global trade regimes in their national interest. W/ expansion of transnational agri-food corporations, interests may diverge from national interests. 1st big intnl trade agreement specifically dealing w/ agricultural commodities. Rich countries have been able to exploit in order to continue certain protectionist tendencies. Uneven starting place that countries in global north vs. south had come to the agreement with. Many countries in global south had undergone liberalization processes in the past w/ programs of structural adjustment. Addressing the role of tncs in global trade & global food system. The power they have to shape how food/agriculture commodities are moving in the global food system. Both horizontal & vertical processes of integration. 3 main segments of food system where we see a lot of concentration of tncs: agricultural inputs (upstream)
