Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
9-6-2000
Citation
Cornhusker Economics, September 6, 2000, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Abstract
The Uruguay Round (UR) of trade negotiations, conducted under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), ran from 1986 to 1994. The final UR agreement brought agriculture under the full discipline of the GATT for the first time. It also established the World Trade Organization (WTO) which incorporates all of the earlier agreements included in the GATT as well as the Agreement on Agriculture and several other components. These agreements were officially signed in Marrakesh, Morocco in 1995 and entered into force that same year after they were ratified by national governments, including that of the United States.
Comments
Copyright 2000 University of Nebraska.