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Study Groups Versus Commodity Agreements: An Appraisal *
Author(s) -
BUCK W. KEITH
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1987.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - commodity , world war ii , political science , international economics , business , international trade , economics , finance , law
Since World War II there have been several attempts to establish intergovernmental mineral commodity arrangements involving both the producing and consuming countries. Two different forms have been used, the consultative forum and the commodity agreement (with binding economic provisions). The two different approaches are compared using as examples the six post‐World War II International Tin Agreements and the International Lead and Zinc Study Group. The study group or consultative forum appears to work better.