International Trade and Sustainable Agriculture

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Public Law Department, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal Description A detailed examination of such a topic will be based on a fundamental problem, which will serve as a guiding principle in the presentation of the ideas underpinning the approach. In this case, it concerns the question of the links between international tradeand sustainable agricultureIn other words, how do WTO trade policies combat...significant obstacles that distort trade in agricultural products, in order to establish a fairer trading system that will improve market access and increase the livelihoods of farmers worldwide? Thus, the problem of method is central to all scientific work, as method illuminates hypotheses and determines conclusions. Our approach will be structured, with a few exceptions, around the use of analytical and exegetical methods, as well as comparative methods. This is understood as the analysis, interpretation, and explanation of legal rules, particularly those contained in the various legal texts of the GATT and the WTO. As for the expected results,A truly effective international trading system cannot exclude the agricultural sector due to its specific characteristics. However, agriculture is less suited to a free trade and competition regime than the industrial and commercial world, which is by definition more mobile and adaptable. The 1947 General Agreement initially addressed agriculture, undoubtedly with some specific provisions, but gradually lost interest in it over the years. The WTO was to reverse this neglect and reintegrate agriculture, while granting it a transitional status. The Punta del Este Ministerial Declaration of September 1986, officially launching the "Uruguay Round," expressly mentioned agriculture as one of the subjects of future trade negotiations. Thus, for the first time in the history of multilateral trade negotiations sponsored by the GATT, the agricultural question was to be addressed; the general idea being to "liberalize" global trade in this sector. However, disagreements arose among industrialized countries regarding the liberalization of trade in agricultural products. The European Community, particularly France, the EFTA countries, Japan, and South Korea opposed a complete liberalization of trade. The United States and the Cairns Group, on the other hand, called for the elimination of export subsidies and the complete liberalization of trade in agricultural products within ten years. This liberalization was to be achieved by transforming all barriers to trade into tariffs. Developing countries also defended different positions depending on their circumstances. Studies had indicated that liberalizing agricultural trade and ending export subsidy policies would lead to an increase in global agricultural prices. Therefore, only net exporting developing countries would have benefited from trade liberalization. These countries had, moreover, joined the Cairns Group, and their interests aligned with those of developed countries like the United States and Australia. Net importing countries of agricultural products risked suffering from such liberalization. Consequently, they demanded the strengthening of food aid programs from developed countries towards them. However, the results of the negotiations point towards a liberalization of trade in agricultural products.The aim will therefore be to studythe question of the gradual liberalization of the agricultural sectorfirst by the GATT(Section I), then since the advent of the WTO with the Uruguay Round negotiations (Section II). 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Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords GATT, WTO, Liberalization, Agriculture, Sustainability Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20035076 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035076) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035076.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035076 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035076"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035076.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035076.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035076 Resource type Journal article Publisher Innovative Research Journal of Sociology and Humanities Published in Innovative Research Journal of Sociology and Humanities, 03(05), 398-409, ISSN: 3050-6875, 2026. 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