Much of the world's food is produced in the wrong quantities in the wrong place. The disarray in world agricultural markets is a symptom of the failures of national agricultural policies in the industrialised world; which by maintaining high guaranteed prices to provide fair income to farmers have induced overproduction and excessive costs of surplus disposal. / This thesis will examine the agricultural policies of the European Community and the United States to demonstrate the plethora of import barriers, subsidised export programmes and internal production subsidies in existence. The operationally-ineffective GATT regime for the agricultural sector will be outlined, with consideration being given to the international disputes that have arisen and have at times threatened the entire future of a liberal trading system. / The importance of a multilateral solution to the distortions in world agricultural trade is clear; the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations offers the opportunity to move towards more market-oriented farm policies subject to greater international disciplines. The latter part of this thesis focuses on the possibilities for a successful conclusion to the ongoing negotiations in light of political and social realities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.26230 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Woodburn, Ann |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Comparative Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001397042, proquestno: MM94568, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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