POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Doha Development Round, Food Security, World Trade Organization
12 Dec 2013
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Imf structural program ruined agricultural sector of jamaica. Jamaican farmers unable to compete with the producers of imports. Forced to become a market for canadian and american goods. Barred from selling to canadian and american markets because of tariffs on their goods. Reduce and make fair trade regulations and barriers to trade. Doha current round of trade negotiations involved in. Began 2001 stalled 2008: trying to make terms of trade between developed and developing countries more fair, trying to help developing countries to enter market. Ending domestic subsidies that distort international trade: main target eu us and canada. Subsidize own products: flood foreign markets but also foreign markets cannot compete in other foreign markets, domestic policy issue that distorts international trade. Dealing with non-trade concern (food security: food security (the need to be self-sufficient in food so that don"t suffer with starvation and don"t become vulnerable)
