Overview – WTO Agricultural Rules The WTO Agreement on
Agriculture was a very considerable achievement in the reform of
agricultural trade policy. This Agreement was concluded as part
of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations in 1994.
It brought agricultural trade within world trade rules for the
first time. WTO Members recognised that the Uruguay Round
Agreement was only the beginning of the process of reducing
agricultural support and protection. In that Agreement, they
committed themselves to initiating further negotiations to
continue the process after 2000. These negotiations are now part
of the WTO Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, which
were launched in 2001. However, nine years on, these talks have
yet to be concluded. Agricultural Trade Rules in the WTO
outlines the evolution of agricultural policy rules first within
the GATT and then the WTO and describes the negotiation of the
Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture and the Doha Development
Round. The central position occu