Special Agricultural Safeguards: Virtual Benefits and Real Costs - Lessons for the Doha Round

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques

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Special Agricultural Safeguards: Virtual Benefits and Real Costs - Lessons for the Doha Round

IMF Working Paper No. 05/131

22 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2006

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Jean-Jacques Hallaert

International Monetary Fund (IMF); Groupe d'Economie Mondiale (GEM)

Date Written: June 2005

Abstract

In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the WTO Agreement in Agriculture, the special agricultural safeguards have often been used as a prolonged protectionist device. It then draws lessons for the design of the special safeguard mechanism.

Keywords: Agricultural trade, safeguards, trade policy

JEL Classification: F13, Q17

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques and Hallaert, Jean-Jacques, Special Agricultural Safeguards: Virtual Benefits and Real Costs - Lessons for the Doha Round (June 2005). IMF Working Paper No. 05/131, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=888000