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C/E/432. Dissertation. Free Trade Areas and China's Rice Trade

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13300
DATE:
2009
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139.99 GBP

The dissertation looks into the implications of the quota removal in the rice trade providing a review of literature on the Chinese economy and agriculture, the concept of Free Trade Areas (FTA), free trade agreements signed by China with other ASEAN countries, the effects of these agreements on the Chinese agriculture, the features of the world rice market, the significance of rice in Asia and China, Chinese agricultural policy, the correlation between FTA and international rice prices as well as Chinese domestic rice prices, etc. The research methods include analysis of secondary data and primary data collected via a questionnaire survey and telephone interviews with Chinese consumers and rice traders. Conclusions are made about the impacts of FTA on international rice prices arguing their benefits for rice producers and rice consumers.

 

KEYWORDS: Dissertation, Free Trade Areas, FTA, Chinese agriculture, Rice Trade, WTO, quota restrictions,

 
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