Alan Matthews

Trinity College Dublin

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Ole Boysen

University College Dublin

Jean‐Christophe Bureau

Paris-Saclay Applied Economics

Ana Corina Miller

Queen's University Belfast

Ronnie O'Toole

Trinity College Dublin

Catherine Laroche-Dupraz

Structures et Marchés Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires

Trevor Donnellan

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Sébastien Jean

Collège de Maisonneuve

Keith Walsh

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Carol Newman

Trinity College Dublin

Cathal O’Donoghue

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques

John Wiley & Sons (United States)

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Greenyard Fresh (United Kingdom)

Trinity College Dublin

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Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut

European Commission

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EU Agricultural Policy: What Developing Countries Need to Know

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2005)

Alan Matthews Jean‐Christophe Bureau

This paper provides a consolidated, up-to-date overview of the changes to the CAP and the factors making for further reform from the particular perspective of decision-makers in developing countries. It discusses the principles and mechanisms by which EU farmers are supported under the CAP, and the way in which these mechanisms have been changing since the first major reform of the CAP was adopted in 1992. The main pressures for further reform of the CAP are identified, emphasising the political economy of further reform to provide some sense to developing country policy-makers of how these pressures for reform might play out in the future. Taking a horizontal approach, the impact of reform on developing countries of the three main policy instruments – domestic support, border protection and export subsidies – are then discussed, followed by a focus on a few commodities of particular interest to developing countries. The conclusion develops a checklist of factors which developing country policymakers can use to help track the evolution of the debate on CAP reform and its impact on developing countries.

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Measuring the impact of trade policy reform in Ireland: A disaggregated analysis of household impacts

Ana Corina Miller Alan Matthews Ole Boysen Trevor Donnellan Cathal O’Donoghue

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of further trade liberalisation on the agricultural sector in Ireland. In addition to evaluating the aggregate impacts on agricultural production as well as the spill-over effect of this on the non-agricultural sector and for overall Irish GDP, we evaluate the effects for different types of households. In order to capture economy-wide impacts of the policy reform, a CGE model was formulated and implemented using a social accounting matrix constructed for Ireland for the year 2005. Household effects are captured using representative households. The simulation results suggest a positive impact on the Irish economy as well as on the representative households. Many agricultural sectors contract in the process but a more efficient reallocation of resources into manufacturing and services sectors more than compensates those losses.

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Possible transitional arrangements related to agriculture in the light of the future EU - UK relationship: institutional issues

Alan Matthews

10.2861/987958

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Regional Integration and Food Security in Developing Countries

Alan Matthews

Regional integration and food security in developing countries , Regional integration and food security in developing countries , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

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Improving coherence between Irish trade and development policy from an African perspective

Alan Matthews

The recent Irish Trade Policy Statement devoted a whole chapter to the trade needs of developing countries (DETE, 2005). In it, the Government recognises the role that trade policy can play in providing economic development opportunities to emerging and poorer countries. It states that achieving the development dimension of the WTO Doha Development Agenda is the most effective way of realizing that ambition. The Statement confirms that Ireland wants to assist these countries to shape the outcome of the Doha process in their interest and in a way that provides the greatest opportunity for those in need.

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Carbon leakage in agriculture: when can a carbon border adjustment mechanism help?

Climate Policy (2024)

Julio G. Fournier Gabela Alisa Spiegel Davit Stepanyan Florian Freund Martin Banse

Carbon leakage can undermine the effectiveness of domestic climate policies and, if perceived as a significant risk, could even prevent their implementation. This concern also extends to the agricultural sector, where existing studies indicate a high potential carbon leakage risk. Like in other sectors, governments could use a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to reduce this risk. In theory, a CBAM could offer an efficient solution to avoid competitiveness losses by domestic producers and thus reduce carbon leakage. However, the feasibility of implementing such a mechanism remains an open question. Although the literature suggests many CBAM design options, we are unaware of CBAM design proposals for agriculture. To fill this literature gap, this article uses a mixed methods approach to outline the characteristics of an agricultural CBAM (Ag-CBAM) and develop a design that could enhance its administrative, technical, and legal feasibility. We recommend that an Ag-CBAM should only cover carbon pricing policies, acknowledge foreign mitigation efforts, and use carbon price and emission intensity benchmarks. Additionally, we propose that it should cover only imports of products causing the majority of carbon leakage and be limited to emissions along certain life-cycle stages where emissions originate along the food supply chain, and specific greenhouse gases. Finally, our article discusses the potential performance of this CBAM under further criteria, including its effectiveness in reducing carbon leakage, equity, and consistency with the Paris Agreement.

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10.1080/14693062.2024.2387237

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Food security, developing countries and multilateral trade rules

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The options for further EEC integration - an Irish view

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The WTO negotiations in the field of agriculture and food strategic positions of the US and China

Alan Matthews K. A. Ingersent Jean-François Tronquart

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Government responses to the world food crisis 2007-08: A political economy perspective

2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland (2011)

Sarah Maas Alan Matthews

This paper examines the performance of African agri-food exports to the EU market over the first decade of the new millennium. The EU is Africa’s single largest export market absorbing just half of all African agri-food exports. Countries are grouped according to the preferential trade regime they enjoy to enter the EU market: North African countries under EuroMed agreements; least developed African countries under the Everything but Arms arrangement; other African countries under the Cotonou Agreement; and South Africa under its Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement. Despite these preferences, Africa appears to be losing market share. A shift-share analysis confirms that, with the exception of the African Mediterranean countries, the competitiveness of African exporters deteriorated over this decade. Examination of the potential impact of duty-free access for non-LDC African exporters under the interim Economic Partnership Agreements after 2008 shows that this is not likely to reverse this trend. Despite evidence that preferences for agri-food products work, improving Africa’s export performance will require investment by African countries themselves in overcoming the supply-side obstacles to increasing agri-food exports.