Trade and Investment Division

Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Agricultural Trade: Planting the Seeds of Regional
Liberalization in Asia (ST/ESCAP/2451)

CONTENTS		Page
	Preface Acronyms and abbreviations List of contributors Acknowledgements	iii v xvi xix
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.	Trends in preferential trade liberalization in Asia and the Pacific Mia Mikic Mapping and analysis of the South Asian agricultural trade liberalization efforts Parakrama Samaratunga, Kamal Marunagoda and Manoj Thibbotuwawa Preferential trading agreements and agricultural liberalization in East and South-East Asia Gloria O. Pasadilla Agricultural trade liberalization in the Asia-Pacific region with specific reference to preferential trade agreements: Scenario and impact analysis Jayatilleke S. Bandara and Wusheng Yu Modelling the Doha Round outcome: A critical view Biswajit Dhar Chinese agricultural reform, the World Trade Organization and preferential trade negotiations Shunli Yao Agricultural trade and government intervention: a perspective from a developing country Biswajit Dhar Rules of origin and non-tariff barriers in agricultural trade: Perspectives from Bangladesh and Cambodia Uttam Kumar Deb Regional agricultural trade liberalization: Priorities for policy makers and future research needs Allan N. Rae	1 33 75 131 163 187 211 225 295

Last updated: 22 January 2008