Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, Subsidies, Corn subsidies, Ethanol subsidies, International trade law, Agreiculture, WTO agreements, Upland Cotton, Commodity subsidy programs, Denatured alcohol, Antidumping duties, Commercial treaties, Alcohol, Agricultural subsidies, Corn products, Corn, International trade, Subsidies, Ethanol, International law, Prices, Negotiation, Rationing, United States, Agriculture and state, Protectionism, Food

Abstract

Everyone should care about what happens at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. This Article argues that new challenges to US corn and ethanol subsidies are highly likely. Even though at first glance this Article deals with the specialized and esoteric field of international trade law, its sweep is much broader. The subject of this Article is also both timely and salient. Part I explains the multi-layered WTO regime on agriculture and subsidies, with particular emphasis on the delicate interplay among multiple WTO agreements. Part II discusses the Upland Cotton case in detail, highlighting in particular the implications for other US commodity subsidy programs, including corn. Part III examines the legal and political likelihood of a new WTO challenge against US corn and ethanol subsidies and suggests that such a challenge is highly probable. Part IV analyzes the significance of the Upland Cotton Case.

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Rights Holder

Phoenix X.F. Cai, Georgetown Journal of International Law

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

53 pgs

File Size

3.1 MB

Publication Title

Georgetown Journal of International Law

Volume

40

Issue

3

First Page

865

Last Page

917

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