Number: RL32916
Title: Agriculture in the WTO: Policy Commitments Made Under the Agreement on Agriculture
Authors: Randy Schnepf, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report provides a review of the major agricultural policy commitments made by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations completed in 1994, and the legal text that underlies those commitments. Most agricultural support commitments are embodied in the Agreement on Agriculture and it is the essential focus of this review. However, references are made to additional supporting legal texts that emerged as part of the Uruguay Round Agreement, as well as to related studies and references produced by the WTO, its member countries, and international organizations interested in trade and development.
Pages: 27
Date: May 12, 2005