Worlds apart: The WTO's Agreement on Agriculture and the right to food in developing countries

This article explores the implications of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Agriculture for the right to food in the global South. In a context in which a worldwide backlash has developed against the World Trade Organization (WTO), the politics of the Doha Round negotiations are analy...

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Published in:International political science review 2013-01, Vol.34 (1), p.21-38
Main Authors: Hawkes, Shona, Plahe, Jagjit Kaur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural trade
Agriculture
Countermovements
Developing Countries
Doha Round
Farm exports
Food
Food access
Food economics
Food justice
Food security
Food sovereignty
Human Rights
International agreements
International trade
LDCs
Negotiation
Negotiations
North-South trade
Political economy
Political science
Politics
Reviews
Right Wing Politics
Rights
Tariffs
Trade agreements
World Trade Organization
WTO
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Summary:This article explores the implications of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Agriculture for the right to food in the global South. In a context in which a worldwide backlash has developed against the World Trade Organization (WTO), the politics of the Doha Round negotiations are analyzed from a food rights perspective. It is argued that since 2004 attention in the WTO has shifted from overarching human rights concerns toward a focus on technical detail constraining developing countries from acting to respect, protect, and fulfill the right to food. Cet article explore les implications de l'accord de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) sur l'agriculture pour le droit alimentaire dans les pays du Sud. Dans un contexte de critique mondiale contre l'OMC, les politiques du cycle de négociations de Doha sont analysées dans une perspective de droits alimentaires. Depuis 2004, l'attention de l'OMC a évolué évolué de préoccupations relatives aux droits de l'homme vers une vigilance pour des considérations techniques restreignant les pays en voie de développement dans leur action en faveur du droit alimentaire. Este artículo explora las implicancias del Acuerdo de la Organización Mundial de Comercio sobre la Agricultura para el derecho a la alimentación en el Sur global. En un contexto mundial en el cual se ha desarrollado una reacción contraria a la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), se analiza la política de negociaciones en la Ronda de Doha desde la perspectiva del derecho a la alimentación. Se plantea que a partir de 2004 la preocupación de la OMC se ha desplazado desde una preocupación prioritaria por los derechos humanos a una preocupación focalizada en los detalles técnicos que restringen las acciones de los países en desarrollo para respetar, proteger y dar cumplimiento al derecho a la alimentación.
ISSN:0192-5121
1460-373X
DOI:10.1177/0192512112445238