Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Policies and Implications for Latan America

In most of Latin America, the agricultural sector accounts for a large share of output, trade, and employment, while in the United States and Canada, small but well-organized farming groups exert a disproportionate influence on policymaking.

Agricultural Trade Liberalization explores key issues in emerging regional and multilateral debates on this politically and economically sensitive subject. The book looks at the role of agricultural issues in negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Mercosur-European Union trade, and the U.S.--Central America Free Trade Agreement. It also provides analysis of U.S. and European Union agricultural and trade policies, the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the role of biotechnology in agricultural trade, liberalization prospects in the sugar and dairy subsectors, and food security issues.

The book also provides a wealth of data on agricultural production, exports, imports, protection and liberalization, and trade negotiations, as well as a comprehensive analysis of market access and domestic and export subsidies.