The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization and Agricultural Markets Liberalization: Impacts on Developing Economies |
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| Authors: | Jay Fabiosa John Beghin Stéphane de Cara Amani Elobeid Cheng Fang Murat Isik Holger Matthey Alexander Saak Pat Westhoff D Scott Brown Brian Willott Daniel Madison Seth Meyer John Kruse |
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| Institution: | Jay Fabiosa, John Beghin, Amani Elobeid, Holger Matthey, and Alexander Saak are with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at Iowa State University.;Pat Westhoff, D. Scott Brown, Brian Willott, Daniel Madison, Seth Meyer, and John Kruse are with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri-Columbia.;Stéphane de Cara is affiliated with the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique.;Cheng Fang is with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.;Murat Isik is with the University of Idaho. |
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| Abstract: | We investigate the impacts of multilateral removal of all border taxes and farm programs and their distortions on developing economies, using a world agriculture partial equilibrium model. We quantify changes in prices, trade flows, and production locations. Border measures and farm programs both affect world trade, but trade barriers have the largest impact. Following removal, trade expansion is substantial for most commodities, especially dairy, meats, and vegetable oils. Net agricultural and food exporters emerge with expanded exports; net importing countries with limited distortions before liberalization are penalized by higher world prices and reduced imports. We draw implications for current World Trade Organization negotiations. |
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