Agricultural Subsidies in the WTO Green Box


Table of Contents

Overview
CHRISTOPHE BELLMANN AND JONATHAN HEPBURN

PART I The recent evolution of agricultural trade policy reform

The historical context of the green box
NÉSTOR STANCANELLI

Doha Round negotiations on the green box and beyond
JONATHAN HEPBURN AND CHRISTOPHE BELLMANN

The reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
ALAN SWINBANK

Farm policy reform in the United States: past progress and future direction
DAVID ORDEN

Agricultural trade policy reform in Japan
MASAYOSHI HONMA

PART II The focus, extent and economic impact of green box subsidies

An analysis of EU, US and Japanese green box spending
JESÚS ANTÓN

Green box subsidies and trade-distorting support: is there a cumulative impact?
CARLOS GALPERÍN AND IVANA DOPORTO MIGUEZ

The distributional structure of green box subsidies in the European Union and France
VINCENT CHATELLIER

The distributional structure of US green box subsidies
HARRY DE GORTER

PART III Green box subsidies and developing countries

Agricultural subsidies in the WTO green box: opportunities and challenges for developing countries
ANDRÉ NASSAR, MARIA ELBA RODRIGUEZ-ALCALÁ, CINTHIA COSTA AND SAULO NOGUEIRA

Use of green box measures by developing countries: an assessment
BISWAJIT DHAR

A Chinese perspective on the green box
JIANMIN XIE

African countries and the green box
ABENA ODURO

PART IV Green box subsidies and the environment

The environmental impact of green box subsidies: exploring the linkages
RONALD STEENBLIK AND CHARLES TSAI

The environmental impact of EU green box subsidies
ARIEL BRUNNER AND HARRY HUYTON

The environmental impact of US green box subsidies
JANE EARLEY

Biofuels subsidies and the green box
TIMOTHY JOSLING AND DAVID BLANDFORD

PART V Looking forward: how can change take place?

Improving monitoring and surveillance of green box subsidies
ANDREA CERDA

EU subsidy reform: options for achieving change
TERESA CAVERO

Subsidy reform in the US context: deviating from decoupling
ANN TUTWILER

Agricultural trade policy reform in Japan: options for achieving change
KAZUHITO YAMASHITA

Towards a green box subsidy regime that promotes sustainable development: strategies for achieving change
PEDRO DE CAMARGO NETO AND RENATO HENZ