Lanterna Rally

Author: United States Committee on Agriculture

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780243293575

Excerpt from Review of the Uruguay Round Gatt Agreement Implications for Agricultural Trade: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session; March 16 and April 20, 1994; Serial No. 103-56 O The Uruguay Round marks a beginning, not an end. The Uruguay Round agreement in agriculture is the first step in moving world agriculture towards more liberalized markets. It commits gatt members to consider further liberalization. Consider the case of non-agricultural goods. Prior to 1947, the average tariff rate for non-agricultural goods exceeded 40 percent. After seven gatt rounds, the average tariff rate for these goods was just 5 percent. The Uruguay Round will reduce these tariffs further to percent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.