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The Final Agenda 2000 Agreement on Agriculture: An Assessment

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This paper presents a general overview on the final Agenda 2000 Agreement on Agriculture, reached by the EU Heads of State in March 1999. Following a summary of the reforms agreed, the paper aims at assessing to which extent this package will suffice to address the two major external challenges facing the CAP: 1. Compliance with its current trade commitments at the World Trade Organisation and response to future pressures resulting from the new negotiating round starting at the end of 1999, and 2. Securing a smooth integration of the agricultural sectors of Central and Eastern European countries, which could start to accede the EU as early as 2002. The paper concludes that the agreement appears insufficient to address both challenges. The EU will have to adopt a very defensive position in WTO, being unable to pursue more offensive objectives such as the opening of foreign markets for its products. Moreover, key issues regarding EU enlargement, namely direct payments and supply controls, remain unresolved. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Uberblick zu dem Agrarteil der Agenda 2000 entsprechend der Einigung der EU Regierungschefs im Marz 1999. Im Anschluss an eine Zusammenfassung der beschlossenen Reform findet eine Bewertung des Paketes im Hinblick auf die zwei wesentlichen Herausforderungen fur die GAP statt: 1. Berucksichtigung der gegenwartigen Handelsvereinbarungen im Rahmen der Welthandelsorganisation und der Vorbereitung der Ende des Jahres 1999 anstehenden neuen Verhandlungsrunde. 2. Vorbereitung einer moglichst problemlosen Integration der Agrarsektoren der Mittel- und Osteuropaischen Lander, die der EU bereits im Jahr 2002 beitreten konnten. Die Vereinbarungen der Agenda 2000 erscheinen ungenugend im Hinblick auf diese beiden Herausforderungen. Die EU ist gezwungen eine sehr defensive Position im Rahmen der WTO Verhandlungen einzunehmen. Eine klare Strategie zur Offnung der Weltmarkte fur eigene Produkte kann nicht verfolgt werden. Daruber hinaus bleiben die zentralen Probleme hinsichtlich der EU-Erweiterung, namlich Direktzahlungen und angebotsbeschränkende Instrumente, ungelost.

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  • Knaster, Beatriz, 1999. "The Final Agenda 2000 Agreement on Agriculture: An Assessment," Discussion Papers 18773, University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:ubfred:18773
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18773
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