01932cam a2200193Ia 4500020001800000020001500018040001000033082002600043100002000069245009300089300002900182490002700211500004800238520130700286650003001593650003901623700001901662856005701681  a9789251058855  a9251058857  cNLGGC  a334 ROM 2007 A084 Or.1 aMosoti, Victor.10aInternational trade rules and the agriculture sector :bselected implementation issues /  aviii, 429 pages ;c24 cm1 aFAO legislative study,  a"TC/M/A1477E/1/11.07/1500"--P. [4] of cover  aSince the establishment of the WTO, there have been significant changes in the legal and institutional landscape of many developing countries. Whatever the motivation for trade-related legal reform, our experience in the FAO Legal Office has been that besides the substantial costs involved, there are many challenges to successful and meaningful legal and institutional reforms. Legal drafters must therefore be well aware of the existing legal and administrative culture. They must also have a realistic appreciation of the resource constraints in the country, for inadequate resources certainly restrict the ability of implementing bodies to put new rules into practice. This study is about the nature and extent of these trade-related legal and institutional reforms with a particular focus on those of direct relevance to the agricultural sector. In addition to the sectoral focus on agriculture, the study places distinct emphasis on the challenges of developing countries in the implementation of trade-related international obligations in the agricultural sector. It derives from FAO's experience in advising countries on the implementation of agriculture-related WTO agreements, key elements of which are discussed and illustrated by three representative case studies.--Publisher's description 0aForeign trade regulation. 0aAgricultural laws and legislation.1 aGobena, Ambra.11uftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1477e/a1477e00.pdf