The Doha Round Negotiations on Agricultural Subsidies

摘要

For the past seven years the international trade community's attention has been fixed on the issue of agricultural subsidies, both at the on-going Doha Round negotiations and in recent World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement proceedings. But the issue of agricultural subsidies is not strictly speaking just a trade issue. Reform of agricultural subsidies in developed countries embraces the broader issue of economic development in developing countries and a humanitarian concern for the poorest countries in the world, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa.