...Xuejun Wang; Koshi Maeda; Xuefeng Mao Purpose This paper aims to determine whether domestic cotton support permitted by the current or potential World Trade Organization (WTO) rules would be sufficient to compensate the cost to China's cotton farmers if the sliding scale duty (SSD) on cotton...

...Shuangxi Xiao Purpose The financial crisis, which broke in the USA has impacted greatly on the world economy, especially on China's cotton supply chain. It is necessary to understand the welfare change of the cotton chain under this shock of financial crisis in order for relevant policy decisions...

...William Martin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the economic arguments for and against raising the tariff on imports of cotton into China. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews first the possible arguments for raising the tariff, and particularly the possibility...