Although a number of reforms have significantly changed the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) over the past two decades, a defining characteristic of the policy is its prohibitively high import tariffs on a number of key commodities as tariff cuts have not formed part of CAP reform. These high tariffs, whilst protecting EU producers, complicate the EU's attempts to negotiate Free Trade Area (FTA) agreements around the world, and will likewise be problematic for agri‐food trade with a post‐Brexit UK, particularly over the politically sensitive border between the EU‐27 and the UK on the island of Ireland. An open border could be more easily secured if the UK's tariff barriers on CAP products matched those of the EU‐27. This, however, implies either that the UK will have to abandon its plans to pursue ‘free‐trade’ policies with other countries around the world, or that the EU‐27 needs to complete its reform of the CAP by unilaterally reducing its tariff barriers. It seems highly unlikely that the challenges posed by Brexit would prompt the EU to unilaterally reduce its excessively high CAP tariffs.
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EuroChoices
卷
16
期
2
页码
4
- 9
ISSN
1478-0917
出版者
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
其它主题
Products and commodities; Common agricultural policy
语言
英语
注释
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Journal article
类型
Text; Journal Article
2024-02-28
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