Dossier
Brexit and Trade agreements
Trade agreements are binding agreements entered into by countries or international organisations, such as the TTIP currently being proposed.
The goal is to promote trade between participating countries or groups of countries. When earlier agreements are evaluated or new agreements made in the interim, it is necessary for purposes of the negotiations to know what effects certain decisions will have on the agro-food sector.
Wageningen University & Research and Wageningen Economic Research in particular provide detailed insight into the expected outcomes for the various sectors and food groups by calculating the effects of various scenarios. This makes it possible to make the best decision based on facts. Other examples are the EU-Morocco Association Agreement and the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
News
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Dutch agricultural trade and production value to decline in the event of a hard Brexit -
Food deserves coherent policies from cities to Brussels -
Brexit: serious risks to UK farm income from leaving the EU -
EU-Mercosur agricultural trade would benefit from reducing non-tariff measures -
US trade agreement implies more Dutch agricultural exports and more competition -
Russia is an attractive market for Dutch agricultural companies
Projects
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AGRICISTRADE: Exploring potential for agricultural and biomass trade with the EU - AF-EU-14012 - Dit EU project geeft inzicht in de huidige en midden-lange termijn ontwikkelingen van de agrifood keten (primaire landbouw- en verwerkingssector) in 8... -
PRONTO (Productivity, Non-tariff measures and Openness) - The project is to offer a comprehensive and unified approach to describing and measuring non-tariff measures (NTMs) and their impact on a variety of...
Publications
- Exploring the impacts of two Brexit scenarios on Dutch agricultural trade flows. Berkum, S. van; Jongeneel, R.A.; Leeuwen, M.G.A. van; Terluin, I.J. (2017)
- Brexit. Jongeneel, Roel; Berkum, Siemen van; Vrolijk, Hans (2016)
- Brexit: Breaking Away - Would it Pay? Roel Jongeneel, Siemen van Berkum, Hans Vrolijk (2016)
- Implications of a UK exit from the EU for British agriculture
- van Berkum, S. (2015). Prospects of an EU-Mercosur trade agreement for the Dutch agrifood sector. LEI Wageningen UR report 2015-036.
- van Berkum, S., Rutten, M., Wijnands, J., & Verhoog, D. (2014). Effects of an EU-US trade agreement on the Dutch agro-food sector (No. 2014-021, p. 84). LEI, Wageningen UR.
- van Berkum, S. (2014). EU agricultural trade relations with Eastern Neighbours: current state and future perspectives in a changing policy framework. Paper in the framework of the AGRICISTRADE project, 01/09/2014.
- Wijnands, J.H.M.; Berkum, S. van and Verhoog, D (2014). Competitiveness of Swiss agro-food industries. A contribution to the OECD study ‘Evaluation of Agricultural Policies in Switzerland’. OECD Paris.
Find more publications in the WUR library.