Governing Cotton

Sneyd, Adam

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“…Some of the poorest countries in the region rely on cotton for as much as 40% of their export revenues (Singh 2014). For these countries, cotton is their lifeblood, vital to employment and reducing poverty (Sneyd 2016). Nonetheless, however, even though the US is a relatively inefficient cotton producerwith average costs of production four times higher than some African countriesheavy subsidies have made it the world's largest cotton exporter (ICAC 2016a).…”

Section: Impact Of Emerging Powers At the Wtomentioning

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“…Instead, just the opposite, in 2014 the Chinese government began dramatically restricting cotton importsto as little as 1/6th of their previous levelsin an effort to draw down the massive stocks that had accumulated due to its subsidy policies (ICAC 2016a(ICAC , 2016b. This, in turn, caused global cotton prices to plummet, which has severely hit farm incomes in poor cotton-producing countries (Sneyd 2016).…”

Section: China: Agricultural Subsidiesmentioning

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Heroes of the developing world? Emerging powers in WTO agriculture negotiations and dispute settlement

Hopewell

2021

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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Agriculture has been a key issue of North-South struggle at the WTO. Emerging powers like China, India and Brazil have portrayed themselves as leaders of the Global South, crusading to make the trading system fairer for developing countries. This article analyzes three casesthe cotton dispute, subsidies and public stockholdingthat have been at the center of WTO negotiations and dispute settlement on agriculture since the collapse of the Doha Round. While presenting themselves as champions of the developing world, I show that the emerging powers have been advancing their own interests, often at the expense of other developing countries..

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Section: Impact Of Emerging Powers At the Wtomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: China: Agricultural Subsidiesmentioning

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Heroes of the developing world? Emerging powers in WTO agriculture negotiations and dispute settlement

Hopewell

2021

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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“…Some of the poorest countries in the region rely on it for as much as 40% of their export revenues (Singh, 2014). For these countries, cotton is their lifeblood, vital to employment and reducing poverty (Sneyd, 2016).…”

Section: Squeezed Between Two Giants: the Cotton Examplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…63 China's growing cotton stockpile initially contributed to increasing world prices, but then when China started selling off its reserves, its imports were drastically curtailed and global prices plummeted (Anderson, 2017). The global fallout from this drop in prices has hit poor countries the hardest (Sneyd, 2016). In Zambia, for instance, the national farmers union leader reports that there has been a steep fall in incomes, causing serious pain in a sector that employs 21% of the population and making life 'increasingly difficult' for farmers (Meyer and Terazono, 2014).…”

Section: Squeezed Between Two Giants: the Cotton Examplementioning

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US-China conflict in global trade governance: the new politics of agricultural subsidies at the WTO

Hopewell

2019

Review of International Political Economy

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This article shows how China's rise has radically altered the politics of one of the most prominent and controversial issues in the global trading system: agriculture subsidies. Agriculture subsidies depress global prices and undermine the competitiveness and livelihoods of poor farmers, and therefore have been long seen as a symbol of the injustice of the trading system. The issue has traditionally been understood in North-South terms, with developed countries seen as the perpetrators of harm and developing countries as innocent victims. In this article, however, I challenge this prevailing conception of the agricultural subsidies issue, arguing that it is now out of date and no longer corresponds with the emerging reality. A momentous but underappreciated change has taken place, largely beneath the radar of IPE scholarship: China has emerged as the world's largest subsidizer, profoundly transforming the global politics of agricultural subsidies. From a North-South battle, WTO negotiations on agricultural subsidies are now primarily centered on a conflict between the US and China. While reducing subsidies remains a pressing concern for developing countries, efforts to negotiate new and strengthened disciplines at the WTO have been thwarted by an impasse between the two dominant powers. KEYWORDS China; US; agricultural subsidies; World Trade Organization (WTO); trade; global economic governance; trade negotiations The US has long been the dominant state in the global economy and its governance. Yet, after four decades of rapid and sustained economic growth, China has now emerged as the world's leading trading state and second largest economy. Understanding the implications of a rising China has become a central preoccupation of scholars and policymakers alike. Fueled by its growing economic might, China is demanding a greater role in global economic governance. The US and China are competing not only for economic primacy but also for power in the institutions that set the rules of the global economy (Quark, 2013). A key question is how China's rise will affect the existing system of global economic governance constructed under American hegemony (Gray & Murphy, 2015; Lesage & Van de Graaf, 2015). This article contributes to our understanding of the implications of China's rise by analyzing its impact on one of the most high-profile and contentious issues in the multilateral trading system: agricultural subsidies.

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“…depoliticize [Southern] approaches to trade and development debates." 81 People have internalized the utopian narrative of "fair trade" and "ethical fashion," that is, fashion produced under stricter conditions than legally required, and potentially outbalancing trade distortion through subsidies and tariffs. 82 The Soil Association joined an international working group to develop an "ethical fashion" label, the Global Organic Textile Standard, for which common license conditions were first published in 2009.…”

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Utopia, Food Sovereignty, and Ethical Fashion: The Narrative Power of anti-GMO Campaigns

Glaab

Partzsch

2018

New Political Science

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The idea of utopia has become pervasive in the age of everyday humanitarianism. Digital media communicate utopian ideas that allow people to "do good" for vulnerable others and the environment. At the same time, campaigns mobilize citizens by invoking apocalyptic images, such as genetically modified (GM) "monster" foods. This article looks at the construction of utopian and apocalyptic narratives in social movement campaigns and how they contribute to the construction of identities in the campaigns against GM food and Bt cotton, especially in India. Based on an analysis of campaign material, we show that "organic food" and "ethical cotton" products would be less successful without the concurrent use of apocalyptic narratives. Narratives that are more radical enabled the anti-GM food movement to mobilize large resistance. By contrast, a more inclusive narrative approach in the cotton/textile sector risks supporting interests that are detrimental to social justice and environmental protection. A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.

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Governing Cotton

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Heroes of the developing world? Emerging powers in WTO agriculture negotiations and dispute settlement

Heroes of the developing world? Emerging powers in WTO agriculture negotiations and dispute settlement

US-China conflict in global trade governance: the new politics of agricultural subsidies at the WTO

Utopia, Food Sovereignty, and Ethical Fashion: The Narrative Power of anti-GMO Campaigns

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