Current Agriculture, Food & Resource Issues
G. N. Vlontzos
analyzed one by one. Liberalization of agricultural trade is a process that does not accept
statutory or constitutional rights, which totally ignore market forces. Experience to date
proves that the status quo helps the economies of the developed world to grow while
depriving developing countries of opportunities for domestic and international growth.
Among the other measures being proposed to improve the economies of the developing
countries, significant steps need to be taken with regard to STEs; such decisions can
create free space and permit developing economies to move and grow in a less distorting
trade environment.
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