A Short History of U.S. Agricultural Trade Negotiations

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英文名称：

A Short History of U.S. Agricultural Trade Negotiations

作者：

Jane M. Porter; Douglas Bowers

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=41769

关键词：

GATT;  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade;  trade liberalization;  foreign trade;  farm subsidies; 

年份：

1989

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

28 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

The U.S. proposal to eliminate domestic farm subsidies worldwide, presented to the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations in 1987, is a significant break with past policies. Trade liberalization has been a U.S. goal since the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, but, until recently, the United States and many other nations have acted to preserve their own farm subsidies. In the 1980s, slower growth in international farm trade, the threat of trade wars, and higher subsidy costs have led to a reassessment of domestic as well as export subsidies and have created a climate favorable to eliminating subsidies.