Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Policies and Agreements in the Western Hemisphere »

Marcos S. Jank is president of the Institute for International Trade Negotiations Studies (ICONE), São Paulo, Brazil.

Economists and agricultural specialists from North and South America investigate key issues for trade liberalization in the West, including potential scenarios at the regional and multilateral levels and the potential effects of US and EU agricultural policies on trade flows. Chapters focus on the impact on trade of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and biotechnology, the integration of sugar and dairy markets in the Americas, and a comparison of agri-food industries in the US and Brazil. The work also offers an overview of agricultural liberalization in the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement and suggests a food security typology for use by the World Trade Organization. Distributed in the US by The Johns Hopkins U. Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR