Assessing agricultural trade policies options with the European Union: a Brazilian perspective

  1. Marie Gabrielle Piketty1,*,
  2. Lucie Weissleder2,
  3. Hildo Meirelles De Souza Filho3,
  4. Mário Otávio Batalha3,
  5. Marcel Adenäuer2,
  6. Arno Becker2

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00390.x

Issue

Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Economics

Volume 40, Issue 4, pages 447–457, July 2009

Additional Information

How to Cite

Piketty, M. G., Weissleder, L., De Souza Filho, H. M., Batalha, M. O., Adenäuer, M. and Becker, A. (2009), Assessing agricultural trade policies options with the European Union: a Brazilian perspective. Agricultural Economics, 40: 447–457. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00390.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UMR MOISA, 73 Avenue Jean-François Breton, 34398 Montpellier 5, France

  2. 2

    Chair for Economic and Agricultural Policy, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Nußallee 21, 53115 Bonn, Germany

  3. 3

    Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia da Produção, Federal University of São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís – km 235, CEP: 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

* *Corresponding author. Tel.: 33-(0)4-67-61-44-64; fax: 33-(0)4-67-61-44-15. E-mail address:marie-gabrielle.piketty@cirad.fr (M. G. Piketty).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009
  3. Received 24 April 2008; received in revised form 18 December 2008; accepted 19 February 2009

SEARCH

SEARCH BY CITATION

ARTICLE TOOLS

View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (161K)

Keywords:

  • C63;
  • F13;
  • Q17
  • Trade liberalization;
  • Trade negotiations;
  • Agriculture;
  • Mercosur;
  • Brazil

Abstract

Brazil has shown interest in agricultural trade negotiations at bilateral, regional, and multilateral levels. This study addresses several important negotiations, using the agricultural sector model CAPRI (Common Agricultural Policy Regional Impact Analysis), to analyze liberalization scenarios between the European Union and the Mercosur countries focusing particularly on their impacts in Brazil. Four possible agreements between Europe and Mercosur are simulated, including a broader multilateral agreement proposed in the G20. The results suggest that a bilateral scenario involving larger tariff rate quota increase, as called for by Mercosur, generates larger gains than accepting the European Union proposal of 2004 or further multilateral trade liberalization based on the G20 proposal. However, much larger increases in tariff rate quotas for all products are not necessarily justified in all cases. Moreover, Brazil's production and export potential is limited by factors other than trade restrictions.

View Full Article (HTML) Get PDF (161K)