Trade and Agricultural Disease: Import Restrictions in the Wake of the India – Agricultural Products Dispute

Kamal Saggi () and Mark Wu ()
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Mark Wu: Harvard University

No 16-00016, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers from Vanderbilt University Department of Economics

Abstract: Trade in agricultural products raises sensitivities, particularly when imports originate from a trading partner experiencing an outbreak of some type of agricultural disease. In this Article, we explain why despite the negative externalities associated with diseased imports, an importing country is generally not permitted to ban such imports outright under WTO law. Rather, it is allowed to do so only under fairly specific circumstances. We also highlight how the recent India – Agricultural Products ruling contributes to the jurisprudence of two issues concerning the SPS Agreement: the interpretation of international standards, and the relationship between the risk assessment and scientific evidence requirements.

Keywords: trade in agricultural products; disease; trade policy; WTO dispute (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 K0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08-27
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Chapter: Trade and Agricultural Disease: Import Restrictions in the Wake of the India–Agricultural Products Dispute (2018)
Journal Article: Trade and Agricultural Disease: Import Restrictions in the Wake of the India–Agricultural Products Dispute (2017)
Working Paper: Trade and Agricultural Disease: Import Restrictions in the Wake of the India – Agricultural Products Dispute (2016)
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