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- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Copyright
- © Edinburgh University Press 2008
- ISSN
- 0954-8890
- eISSN
- 1755-1609
- DOI
- 10.3366/E095488900800008X
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
<jats:p> In August 2007, Ghana's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Presidents Special Initiatives (MOTI) announced a ban on imported tomato paste and concentrate. The ban took effect from 1st November 2007. The consequence of the ban is that any tomato paste or concentrate imported into Ghana will be confiscated to the state.<jats:sup>1</jats:sup> On its face, this decision is quite strange. Since the early 1980s and stemming from a crippling economic crisis at the time, Ghana has embraced the Bretton Woods neoliberal policy prescriptions as a panacea for its economic recovery. As part of its commitment to neoliberalism, Ghana has adhered to trade liberalization and evidence of this is carefully documented in its Trade Policy submissions to the World Trade Organization (WTO).<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> Thus, the import ban is a deviation from the commitment to trade liberalization and is one of the few instances where MOTI has moved to grant new levels of protection to domestic industry.<jats:sup>3</jats:sup> </jats:p>
Journal
African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2008