Implementation of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture and developments for the next round of negotiations
回顾了乌拉圭回合《农业协定》的实施情况，指出各国基本遵守了规则，并讨论了1999年启动的下一轮谈判需进一步削减农业保护及处理新争议问题。
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture has fundamentally changed the rules for international agricultural trade, and established quantitative constraints for agricultural policies of all WTO members. Although countries have tried to escape the new disciplines here and there, overall there has been substantial compliance, and implementation of the Agreement has proceeded smoothly. The next round of WTO negotiations on agriculture, to be launched in 1999, will have to clarify and strengthen some of the rules agreed during the Uruguay Round, but should mainly be devoted to negotiating further significant reductions. In addition, other issues that have emerged as contentious in the area of agricultural trade, and that will affect the next Round, will be discussed. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.