Overcoming barriers to developing country exports: tropical products and preference erosion


Information notes:

Cotton: What could a Doha deal mean for trade?
Information note no. 11, November 2010

Que pourrait signifier l’Accord de Doha pour le commerce du coton?
Information note no. 11, November 2010

Capping Unusually High Tariffs: The WTO Doha Round and ‘Tariff Peaks’
Information note no. 9, November 2009

Trade Barriers Faced by Developing Countries’ Exporters of Tropical and Diversification Products
Information note no. 5, March 2008
ICTSD / FAO

Issue papers:

How Would a Trade Deal on Cotton Affect Exporting and Importing Countries?
By Mario Jales
Issue paper no. 26, May 2010

How Would a Trade Deal on Sugar Affect Exporting and Importing Countries?
By Amani Elobeid
Issue paper no. 24, September 2009

Constructing a Composite Index of Market Access
By Tim Josling
Issue paper no. 23, June 2009

How would a WTO Agreement on Bananas Affect Exporting and Importing Countries?
By Giovanni Anania
Issue paper no. 21, June 2009

Implications of the July 2008 Draft Agricultural Modalities for Sensitive Products
By Ariel Ibañez, María Marta Rebizo and Agustín Tejeda
Issue paper no. 16, June 2008

Value Chains and Tropical Products in a Changing Global Trade Regime
By Charles Mather
Issue paper no. 13, May 2008

Trade Effects of SPS and TBT Measures on Tropical and Diversification Products
By Anne-Célia Disdier, Belay Fekadu, Carlos Murillo and Sara A. Wong
Issue paper no. 12 , May 2008

Tropical and Diversification Products: Strategic Options for Developing Countries
By Santiago Perry
Issue paper no. 11, March 2008

A Comparison of the Barriers Faced by Latin American and ACP Countries’ Exports of Tropical Products
By Jean-Christophe Bureau, Anne-Celia Disdier and Priscila Ramos
Issue paper no. 9, June 2007

The ACP Experience of Preference Erosion in the Banana and Sugar Sectors: Possible Policy Responses to Assist in Adjusting to Trade Changes
By Paul Goodison
Issue paper no. 7, May 2007

Tropical products under Doha: balancing liberalisation and the avoidance of preference erosion

By Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan
Draft Paper June 2006