Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50493 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1
Publisher: 
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Zentrum für Internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung (ZEU), Giessen
Abstract: 
Since their implementation at the Uruguay Round, tariff rate quotas (TRQs) have become a widely used instrument of trade policy in agricultural trade. With almost 1300 TRQs scheduled at the WTO, it seems worthwhile to examine their economic effects more closely. This is what this paper does. First, the theoretical background of TRQs is examined. Then a short overview of the Uruguay Round as their institutional background is given. We demonstrate that official statistics, which do not count TRQs as non-tariff barriers, are at least highly misleading. Very often, their effects are the same as those of regular quotas, including redistributive effects. The prominent example of the European Banana regime is used to illustrate all of these points.
Subjects: 
Agriculture in International Trade
Commercial Policy
Protection
Promotion
Trade Negotiations
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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