The variety and limits of dairy policies in a context of global market deregulation

La diversité des politiques laitières dans un contexte de dérégulation internationale des marchés

Daniel-Mercier Gouin and Aurélie Trouvé

Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 2020, vol. 28

Abstract: Since the 1980s, agricultural markets have been gradually deregulated. The milk sectors of the main dairy-exporting countries have not been shielded from these changes, which has led to a deeper global integration of dairy markets. However, a historical comparison of policies in the United States, New Zealand, the European Union, and Canada, from both a rural economy and regulationist perspective, reveals that a variety of institutional frameworks exist. For instance, Canada’s dairy sector continues to be highly regulated by public authorities, unlike in the case of New Zealand. Both countries, though, along with the United States, guarantee farmers a minimum share of the added value from processing, contrary to what is practiced in France. Market deregulation in the European Union has also brought about different national forms of competition. Based on the dairy sector, this analysis supports the idea of a great diversity of national forms of state and regulation, adapting to the global capitalist and neo-liberal regime. However, the latter generates major contradictions, disputing the sustainability of each of these forms of national regulation.

Keywords: politiques agricoles; État capitaliste; marchés laitiers; comparaison internationale; agricultural policies; capitalist state; milk markets; international comparison; políticas agrícolas; Estado capitalista; mercados lecheros; comparación internacional (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 P51 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.4000/regulation.18273

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