MULTILATERAL
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
ON AGRICULTURE

A RESOURCE MANUAL


I

Introduction
and
general topics

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2000

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1. Trends in World and Agricultural Trade

2. International trade: some basic theories and concepts

3. Instruments of protection and their economic impact

4. Agriculture in the GATT: a historical account

5. Dispute Settlement

6. Trade and the environment