Agriculture and the Doha Round
The 2004 OECD Analysis of National Producer Support Policies

Reform of trade-distorting national agricultural support policies is the central challenge to a successful conclusion of the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations. Thus, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's annual survey and analysis of current national agricultural support policies is of central importance in assessing what is on the table in the negotiations, including the impact of new reform proposals from key players such as the United States and the European Union. At this seminar, an OECD representative will present the 2004 findings, and a group of experts will discuss the prospects for a successful outcome of the agricultural trade negotiations.

About the Author

 

Claude
Barfield
  • Claude Barfield, a former consultant to the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, researches international trade policy (including trade policy in China and East Asia), the World Trade Organization (WTO), intellectual property, and science and technology policy. His many books include Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy: The Future of the World Trade Organization (AEI Press, 2001), in which he identifies challenges to the WTO and to the future of trade liberalization.
  • Phone: 2028625879
    Email: cbarfield@aei.org

 

Kevin A.
Hassett
  • Before joining AEI, Mr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, as well as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. He served as an economic adviser to the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign and as Senator John McCain's chief economic adviser during the 2000 presidential primaries. He also served as a senior economic adviser to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Mr. Hassett is a columnist for National Review.

  • Phone: 202-862-7157
    Email: khassett@aei.org
  • Assistant Info

    Name: Veronika Polakova
    Phone: 202-862-4880
    Email: veronika.polakova@aei.org
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