FAO
trade-related
technical assistance
and information


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Contents

Preface

The Uruguay Round Agreements and FAO

The FAO-WTO relationship

FAO technical assistance and WTO agreements

Agreement on Agriculture

The Agreements on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Costs and funding of trade-related
technical assistance

FAO trade-related studies