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U.S. Agricultural Export Credits after the WTO Cotton Ruling: The Law of Unintended Consequences

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The recent WTO cotton ruling has led to a paradoxical result for the United States, a result that seems a textbook illustration of the "law of unintended consequences". Indeed, during the Uruguay Round negotiations of the present WTO agreements, the United States refused to put agricultural export credits in the category of agricultural export subsidies, where they would then have been subject only to reduction commitments. Paradoxically, the United States finds itself now in a position where these same agricultural export credits that it did not condescend to reduce during the Uruguay Round are openly considered as prohibited export subsidies. This article analyses and criticizes the tortuous legal path followed by the cotton panel before arriving at such a radical conclusion.

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  • Benitah, Marc, 2005. "U.S. Agricultural Export Credits after the WTO Cotton Ruling: The Law of Unintended Consequences," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 6(2), pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ecjilt:23893
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.23893
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    1. Joseph A. McMahon, 2007. "Trade Policy Reform Through Litigation La voie judiciaire pour réformer les politiques commerciales Reform der Handelspolitik durch Rechtsstreitigkeiten," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 6(2), pages 42-47, August.
    2. Swinbank, Alan, 2006. "The EU’s Export Refunds on Processed Foods: Legitimate in the WTO?," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 7(2), pages 1-16.
    3. Thompson, Wyatt, 2007. "Inconsistent Objectives of Agricultural Export Credit Disciplines," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 8(1), pages 1-13.

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