Notable structural changes have taken place in the world sheepmeat market over the 1960-80 period. Imports into the major consuming countries of the EEC are declining as a result of changing tastes, higher import barriers ...

The strong appreciation of the U.S. Dollar between 1980 and 1985 induced a surge in imports into the United States for a wide variety of products. This, in turn, increased the demand for trade protection. Many of these ...

This Discussion Paper addresses the issue of anti-dumping actions and presents an evaluation of such measures in the context of the intemational liberalisation of trade. It concerns the recent General Agreement on Trade ...

An appropriate objective for trade policy ought to be to maximise imports. Unfortunately, trade policy negotiators get very caught up in the facilitation of this objective by necessarily arguing about access for exports, ...

This paper reviews the sheepmeat markets in three importing regions (North America, Japan and the Middle East) over the period 1960-80. These regions form so called 'development' markets for N.Z. sheepmeat exports as ...

The majority of the world's sheepmeat exports come from the Southern Hemisphere, where production is based on extensive grazing systems. The three main exporters are Australia, N.Z. and Argentina. Australia's sheep ...

The focus of this paper is on arrangements made by the EEC to establish a common market in sheepmeats. A system of intervention buying or deficiency payments ensures that producers are guaranteed a minimum price. In addition, ...

Sheep farming is an important enterprise in the U.S.S.R., Mongolia and some of the Eastern European countries. The U.S.S.R., in fact, has the largest number of sheep in the world, though production is considerably lower ...

The pattern of production, consumption and trade in sheepmeats has distinct characteristics. Whilst most countries have a domestic sheep industry, very few are actively involved in international trade. The trade has ...

Agricultural policy in Japan has played an important role in limiting New Zealand's exports of agricultural products to that country. While there have been many specific changes in the policy over the last two decades, ...