Number: RL33697
Title: Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO
Authors: Randy Schnepf and Jasper Womach, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report provides background regarding the vulnerability of U.S. agricultural support programs to potential WTO dispute settlement challenges. It does not predict which WTO members might challenge U.S. commodity subsidies, nor the likelihood that such challenges will be brought. Instead, this report reviews the general criteria for successfully challenging a farm subsidy program, and then uses available data and published economic analyses to weigh U.S. farm programs against these criteria.
Pages: 54
Date: April 26, 2007