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Non-trade concerns: reconciling domestic policy objectives with trade liberalisation

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  • David Blandford
  • Richard N. Boisvert

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In seeking appropriate economic policies to address non-trade concerns (NTC), a distinction must be made between those concerns that relate to market failure and the misallocation of resources, and those that relate to distributional issues. To deal with both types of NTC, domestic policies are required that correct for missing institutions or address institutional failure. We identify the NTC that fall into the two categories of NTC and the types of domestic policies that can be used for each type. International policies and agreements, such as those concluded through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), while potentially significant for the liberalisation of international trade, play a secondary and supporting role to domestic policies in addressing NTC. In particular, they are not an efficient means of addressing domestic market failure.

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  • David Blandford & Richard N. Boisvert, 2005. "Non-trade concerns: reconciling domestic policy objectives with trade liberalisation," International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(3/4), pages 277-291.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:4:y:2005:i:3/4:p:277-291
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    1. Blandford, David & Hill, Berkeley, 2005. "Structural Change and Public Policies in EU Agriculture: An Overview," 2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark 24555, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Moon, Wanki, 2011. "Is agriculture compatible with free trade?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 13-24.
    3. Elisabeth Christen & Klaus S. Friesenbichler & Alexander Hudetz & Claudia Kettner-Marx & Ina Meyer & Franz Sinabell, 2021. "Außenhandel und nachhaltige Entwicklung in Österreich. Befunde auf der Grundlage von vorliegenden Quellen," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 69290, February.
    4. Moon, Wanki, 2012. "Conceptualizing Multifunctional Agriculture from a Global Perspective," 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama 119751, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    5. Blandford, David, 2005. "The Domestic Policy Environment for Farm-Firms in the European Union," 94th Seminar, April 9-10, 2005, Ashford, UK 24429, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Hill, Berkeley & Blandford, David, 2005. "Facilitating Farm-Level Adjustment to the Reform of Trade and Agricultural Policies," Trade Issues Papers 14572, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    7. Moon, Wanki, 2010. "Multifunctional Agriculture, Protectionism, And Prospect Of Trade Liberalization," Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, Korea Rural Economic Institute, vol. 33(2), pages 1-33, July.

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