In September 1986 a meeting of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade was held in Uruguay. In the negotiations between the U.S. and the R.O.C., the U.S. side expressed its desire that agricultural trade would be liberalized.
前年九月在烏拉圭舉行的關稅暨貿易總協訂（簡稱 GATT）第八回合多邊貿易談判中，美方代表就曾宣示要促成農產貿易自由化。