Impact of the WTO Accession on Tajikistan Agriculture

Muhammadjon Mamadjonov

Master's thesis

Abstract:

World Trade Organization is one of the most influential institutions that deals with the rules of international trade and made a great impact on liberalization of world markets of goods and services. Accession to the WTO is a complex and continuous process of commitments and economic reforms of bringing the country in conformity with principles of fair trade. Tajikistan is developing country in Central Asia and has acceded to the WTO willing to increase the level of integration into the global system of trade and get access to new markets. For Tajikistan agriculture remains to have imperative role in specialization of the country. The purpose of this work is to identify and discuss the possible effects of accession to the WTO in agricultural sectors of Tajikistan. As a starting point, this thesis defines the place of agriculture in a context of the WTO legislative framework. It then outlines the agricultural sector of Tajikistan and its place in trade relations with main partners. Further it identifies obligations of the country in trade with goods and particularly with agricultural products. Main focus is done at commitments in market access and domestic support and comparison of these terms among CIS countries.Finally the paper makes some general points on possible opportunities opening for external economic relations of Tajikistan and concludes that there is no direct and significant effect that should be expected in the short-term.

Keywords

World Trade Organization, Agriculture, Tajikistan, Agreement on Agriculture, Trade Policy, WTO Accession, Trade Liberalization

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 11. 2015

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Karel Tomšík, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / European Agrarian Diplomacy