The World Wheat Market--Government Intervention and Multilateral Policy Reform

Joy L. Harwood and Kenneth W. Bailey

No 278264, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Negotiators in the Uruguay Round of negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) have proposed policy reforms that could phase out government supports to agriculture that distort production, consumption, and trade. If complete multilateral policy reform occurs for all commodities, world wheat prices could rise considerably and patterns of production, consumption, and stockholding would change. The total volume of world wheat trade is unlikely to change substantially, but the countries that are now major market players would fare differently. Trade policy reform would likely enhance the U.S. position in world wheat trade since the most efficient producers and marketers would be expected to fare the best.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 124
Date: 1990-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278264

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