AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY AND FOOD SECURITY IN THE CARIBBEAN

AGRICULTURAL
TRADE POLICY
AND FOOD SECURITY
IN THE CARIBBEAN

Structural issues, multilateral negotiations
and competitiveness

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2007

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Table of contents

Part I [437Kb]

Foreword
Contributors
Introduction

Part II [394Kb]

Trade policy, trade and food security in the Caribbean
Caribbean countries as small and vulnerable economies in the WTO

Part III [770Kb]

Agricultural tariff policies of Caribbean countries and WTO negotiations
Addressing trade preferences and their erosion in the Caribbean
Special products: developing country flexibility in the WTO Doha round

Part IV [609Kb]

Effective special safeguard mechanisms
Sugar trade in the Caribbean
Banana trade in the Caribbean
Rice trade in the Caribbean
Competitiveness, investment and Caribbean agriculture

Part V [1Mb]

Accessing market opportunities: quality and safety standards
Trade and food security policy analysis: a practical guide