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Trade Agreements In The Last 20 Years: Retrospect And Prospect For Agriculture / Les Accords Commerciaux Au Cours Des 20 Dernières Années : Rétrospective Et Perspectives Pour L’Agriculture / Handelsabkommen In Den Letzten 20 Jahren: Rückblick Und Ausblick Für Die Landwirtschaft, John C. Beghin, Jill O’Donnell
Trade Agreements In The Last 20 Years: Retrospect And Prospect For Agriculture / Les Accords Commerciaux Au Cours Des 20 Dernières Années : Rétrospective Et Perspectives Pour L’Agriculture / Handelsabkommen In Den Letzten 20 Jahren: Rückblick Und Ausblick Für Die Landwirtschaft, John C. Beghin, Jill O’Donnell
Yeutter Institute Publications
We provide an overview of major developments in multi-and plurilateral trade agreements over the last twenty years with a focus on the implications for agricultural and food markets. We take stock of what has been accomplished in market integration, remaining obstacles to trade, events that have changed the trade landscape, and emerging issues. Agricultural tariffs have fallen through commitments made in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture and through the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Nevertheless, agricultural trade remains distorted with some extremely high tariffs. RTAs have achieved progress on nontariff measures and other beyond-the- border frictions. World Trade …