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    After entering WTO, what should Chinese farmers do?

    • Last Update: 2001-11-16
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Introduction: China News Agency reported that U.S agriculture minister Veneman said that after China's accession to the world trade organization, U.S exports of agricultural products to China will double According to Veneman, American agriculture will greatly benefit from China's accession to the WTO With the fulfillment of China's tariff reduction commitment, American agricultural exports will grow by 2 billion US dollars every year in the future She made the remarks after China's accession to the WTO On the same day, U.S Deputy Trade Representative Baide also said that American farmers can immediately enjoy the benefits of China's accession to the WTO According to the 1999 bilateral agreement between China and the United States, China has gradually lowered agricultural tariffs since January this year Comments: agriculture is the focus of this Sino US negotiation The reason is very simple: the United States is the world's largest agricultural product exporter, while China is the largest agricultural product importer with the most potential in the eyes of the Americans Although the proportion of American farmers is very small, modern farming methods often make American agriculture hard to sell The American government and agricultural autonomous organizations have made great efforts to help domestic farmers develop international markets China is the most populous country in the world The proportion of people and land is seriously inconsistent Coupled with the increasing demand brought by economic development, the United States will not let the WTO negotiations open the door of China's agricultural products market for thousands of years China's accession to the WTO means that from next year, China's import quota of agricultural products will increase substantially, and the low tariff within the quota will certainly open a channel for American agricultural products to enter China; China's accession to the WTO also means that China will cancel the export subsidies for agricultural products from next year, which will certainly provide conditions for the United States to export more agricultural products to other countries In this way, as the U.S agriculture secretary said, China's accession to the WTO will increase the average annual growth of U.S agricultural exports by 2 billion U.S dollars, which is far from ridiculous On the one hand, part of China's domestic market will be lost; on the other hand, some of China's original export international markets will be lost This double squeeze is bound to bring great impact on domestic agriculture The root of the problem lies in the large proportion of people and land in China, too many farmers have to overstock on too little land for intensive management, which makes the production cost and management cost of agricultural products higher; the key to solve the problem is to separate most of the farmers from the land, but the transfer of rural surplus labor force has always been a big problem across the century, and there will not be any in a few years after China's accession to the WTO A fundamental improvement It seems that after China's accession to the WTO, the situation of Chinese farmers will be extremely difficult and difficult to solve More extreme, this is almost an impossible equation in China Our view is that farmers will be the first group in China to suffer serious losses due to China's accession to the WTO, and such losses are hard to get appropriate compensation.
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