TY - BOOK ID - 7615921 TI - The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture : An Evaluation of its Implementation in OECD Countries AU - Diakosavvas, Dimitris. AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PY - 2001 SN - 1280029897 9786610029891 9264192182 9264186263 PB - Paris : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture and state -- OECD countries. KW - Produce trade -- OECD countries. KW - Tariff on farm produce -- OECD countries. KW - Uruguay Round (1987-1994) Produce trade -- OECD countries. KW - Uruguay Round (1987-1994). KW - Produce trade KW - Agriculture and state KW - Tariff on farm produce KW - Uruguay Round KW - Farm produce KW - Tariff on agricultural products KW - Agrarian question KW - Agricultural policy KW - Agriculture KW - State and agriculture KW - Economic policy KW - Land reform KW - Agricultural marketing KW - Agricultural products KW - Food trade KW - Food industry and trade KW - Commodity exchanges KW - Tariff KW - Government policy KW - Economic aspects KW - Cycle d'Uruguay KW - Gyros Ourougouaēs KW - Gyros tēs Ourougouaēs KW - Jawlat Ūrūjuwāy KW - Multilateral Trade Negotiations, the Uruguay Round KW - Negociaciones Comerciales Multilaterales, Ronda Uruguay KW - Négociations commerciales multilatérales, Cycle d'Uruguay KW - Putaran Uruguay KW - Ronda Uruguay KW - Rō̜p ʻUrukwai KW - Uruguai Raundŭ KW - Uruguay Round of MTNs KW - Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations KW - Uruguay Runde KW - Urugwai Raundŭ KW - Wu-la-kuei hui ho KW - Uruguay UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7615921 AB - The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) was a turning point in the reform of the agricultural trade system. It imposed disciplines on trade-distorting domestic policies and established new rules in the areas of market access and export competition. How effective have the three disciplines contained in the URAA been in bringing about a reduction in the level of production-related support and protection? Which elements of the disciplines have proved effective and which ineffective? What policy lessons can be drawn from the experience so far? What might be inferred about opportunities and challenges for further trade liberalisation? This report provides some answers to these questions for all OECD countries. A key conclusion of the report is that the immediate quantitative effects of the URAA on trade and protection levels have been modest. The reasons for this include the weakness of many specific features of the URAA including implementation and methodological issues. Countries have already embarked on a new round of multilateral trade negotiations on agriculture. The challenge facing policy makers is to build upon the foundation of the URAA to further reduce trade distortions. This requires strengthening the disciplines already established under the URAA and addressing those weaknesses of the current agreement which have been identified in this study. ER -