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Cover IMF Working Papers
Agricultural Trade and Protection in Asia
International Monetary Fund
The study reveals agricultural import restrictions are widely applied in Asia, but that Japan and Korea impose lower average tariffs and nontariff barriers with less frequency than most Asian countries. It also finds several low and middle-income countries enforce relatively low protection for basic foodstuffs, while high-income countries tend to impose relatively high protection for foods. Finally, commodity patterns of trade and protection suggest scope exists for successful reciprocal negotiations to liberalize agricultural trade mainly between low and middle-income Asian countries. Though similar gains might be achieved by unilateral liberalization, reciprocal negotiations are more feasible politically and, on a most-favored-nation basis, would imply greater trade expansion.
Keywords:
WP; country; commodity; Asian country; Japan; trade; preference scheme; country share; commodity category; State trading; food commodity; countries export; European Community country; raw material; control measure; Agricultural commodities; Tariffs; Imports; Trade barriers; Agricultural policy; Southeast Asia; East Asia; Asia and Pacific; South Asia
Cover Finance & Development
Finance & Development, December 1985
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
This paper elaborates the introduction of surveillance that gave the IMF broader responsibilities with respect to oversight of its members’ policies than existed under the par value system. The IMF’s purview has been broadened under the new system but, by the same token, its members are no longer obliged to seek its concurrence in changes in exchange rates. The continuing volatility of exchange rates, and their prolonged divergence from levels that appear to be sustainable over time, have been matters of growing concern.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; exchange rate; country; oil exporter; market; grain consumption; publication policy; foreign currency option; cereal production; Exchange rates; Options; Agricultural commodities; Food security; Government debt management; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; Global; East Asia; Middle East