Robert Joerin

ETH Zurich | ETH Zürich · Agriculture

Market access in the WTO is highly fragmented due to exceptions from GATT principles. Tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) stand in contradiction to the principle of the GATT, according to which all quantitative restrictions in international trade should be eliminated. Bhagwati’s theorem of the non-equivalence of tariffs and quotas leads to the conclusion tha...

The paper assesses by means of welfare analysis the effects of trade creation and trade diversion in a Swiss-EU free trade agreement (FTA) in the meat sector and compares it to multilateral trade liberalization. A multi-market multi-region partial equilibrium model is used. The FTA is checked for its conformity with the rules stipulated in Article...

Abstract The fundamental,reform of agricultural policy in 1992 shifted farm support from price and sales guarantees to direct payments that are condition al on the fulfillment of ecological and ethological standards. This article highlights the pillars of the Swiss direct payment,system and its incentive structure , outlines the different agricultu...

Most tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) around the world are allocated in rather intransparent ways. Yet, according to the fundamental WTO principles, TRQs are supposed to be allocated in a transparent, equitable and non-discriminatory manner. We argue that auctions offer a promising way to achieve these goals, and at the same time enhance the efficiency of...

This paper was presented at the INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS SYMPOSIUM in Auckland, New Zealand, January 18-19, 2001. The Symposium was sponsored by: the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, the Venture Trust, Massey University, New Zealand, and the Centre for Applied Economics and Policy Studies, Massey University. Di...

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The fundamental reform of agricultural policy in 1992 shifted farm support from price and sales guarantees to direct payments that are condition al on the fulfillment of ecological and ethological standards. This article highlights the pillars of the Swiss direct payment system and its incentive structure , outlines the different agricultural polic...

Market access in the WTO is highly fragmented due to exceptions from GATT principles. The paper focuses on market access negotiations in agriculture where tariff rate quotas (TRQs), skewed tariff profiles, non ad valorem tariffs etc. are stumbling blocks for current and possibly future multilateral agreements. A strategy is developed to convert TRQ...

Diss. Nr. 7274 techn. Wiss. ETH Zürich.