Non-trade concerns in WTO trade negotiations: legal and legitimate reasons for revising the "box" system

James R. Simpson and Thomas J. Schoenbaum

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2003, vol. 2, issue 3/4, 399-410

Abstract: The extent to which non-trade concerns fit with the overall, long-term WTO Doha Agenda objective "to establish a fair and market-oriented trading system for world agricultural trade" is considered from both a legal and economic viewpoint. Human rights guarantees in United Nations covenants related to non-trade concerns are evaluated in light of WTO rules. Proposals are presented for a non-trade concerns "box" to be added in a final agreement on agriculture, in line with world-wide calls for food security and development of poor countries, and demands by developed countries for recognition of multifunctionality of agriculture as a way to protect their resources in a sustainable manner.

Keywords: agreement on agriculture; agriculture; development box; Doha; Doha Agenda; food; food security; human rights; human rights covenants; non-trade concerns; NTCs; security box; United Nations; UN; World Trade Organisation; WTO. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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