@article{Hirad:57892,
      recid = {57892},
      author = {Hirad, Hagi and Nelson, Rohan and Andrews, Neil and Shaw,  Ian},
      title = {Comparing the effects of different approaches to  liberalising world grains markets},
      address = {2003-02},
      number = {414-2016-26038},
      pages = {32},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {The success of the current Doha Round of the WTO  negotiations on agriculture
will require substantial reform  in each of the three areas of market access,  export
subsidies and domestic support. Substantial  improvement in market access for
agricultural products will  be an essential requirement for achieving a  successful
outcome. However, the extent of improvement in  market access resulting from the
current negotiations will  largely depend on the form and the approach followed  to
reduce tariffs and expand tariff rate quotas.
In this  paper different approaches to expanding market access for  grains area
analysed using a partial equilibrium model.  Simulated scenarios include linear
reductions in applied  tariffs and expansions in tariff rate quotas, which  are
contrasted with a scenario representing market access  proposals of the Cairns
Group of countries in the current  WTO agricultural negotiations.
The effects of these two  trade liberalisation scenarios on world prices and  trade
are analysed and discussed. Results indicate that to  achieve a meaningful gain in
market access for grains, WTO  members must agree to either directly reduce the
current  applied tariffs or make large percentage reductions to the  WTO bound
rates, which lead to effective reductions in the  current applied rates.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/57892},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.57892},
}