World Trade in Agricultural Products

Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade of Agricultural Products

This paper studies the effect of strengthening intellectual property rights (IPRs) after the signing of the TRIPS on agricultural trade, for the period 1995-2011. It uses data of agricultural exports and a new yearly index of intellectual property (IP) protection, for 60 developed and developing countries. Also, the paper studies bilateral trade links and the intensive and extensive margins of ...

Globalization's effects on world agricultural trade, 1960–2050

Recent globalization has been characterized by a decline in the costs of cross-border trade in farm and other products. It has been driven primarily by the information and communication technology revolution and-in the case of farm products-by reductions in governmental distortions to agricultural production, consumption and trade. Both have boosted economic growth and reduced poverty globally,...

A “Modified Prisoners’ Dilemma” Approach to Progress in the World Trade Organization’s Agricultural Trade Negotiations

Assessing Virtual Water Trade Balance of Agricultural Products (A Case Study of Mazandaran province)

According to World Bank Report (2021), the agricultural sector consumes 70 percent of global freshwater. Therefore, managing and exploiting water resources optimally as well as future planning in this sector is necessary. Limited access to water endowments, unequal distribution of water resources, climate changes and increasing global water demand have increased the importance of the issue. Awa...

Development of International Trade in Health Services in the Legal System of World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization, as one of the youngest international organizations following its 50th activity of predecessor means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in the Multilateral Trade System, through the establishment of a General Agreement on Trade in Services, regulated the domain of International Trade in services and by designating Integrated legal framework for the advanceme...