Agricultural Trade Conflicts and GATT: New Dimensions in U.S.-European Agricultural Trade Relations

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Agricultural Policy Changes, GATT Negotiations, and the U.S.-E.C. Agricultural Trade Conflict -- PART ONE U.S.-E.C. TRADE RELATIONS IN A CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT -- 2 U.S.-E.C. Trade Relations in a Changing Global Context -- Discussion -- PART TWO U.S. AGRICULTURAL AND TRADE POLICIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.-E.C.AGRICULTURAL TRADE RELATIONS -- 3 U.S. Domestic Policy and U.S.-E.C. Trade -- Discussion -- 4 Agricultural Trade Relations Between the United States and the European Community: Recent Events and Current Policy -- Discussion -- PART THREE CHANGES IN THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.-E.C. AGRICULTURAL TRADE RELATIONS -- 5 Nature and Causes of CAP: Changes in the 1980s and a Tentative Exploration of Potential Scenarios -- Discussion -- 6 The CAP Reform and E.C.-U.S. Relations: The GATT as a Cap on the CAP -- Discussion -- 7 The CAP in a Growing E.C. and in a Rapidly Changing European Political Scenario: Its Implications for U.S.-E.C. Agricultural Trade Relations -- Discussion -- PART FOUR GATT NEGOTIATIONS AND NORTH AMERICAN-EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL TRADE RELATIONS -- 8 The U.S.-E.C. Confrontation in the GATT from a U.S.Perspective: What Did We Learn? -- Discussion -- 9 The U.S.-E.C. Confrontation in the GATT from an E.C.Perspective: What Did We Learn? -- Discussion -- 10 U.S.-E.C. Farm Trade Confrontation: An Outsider's View -- Discussion -- PART FIVE U.S.-E.C. AGRICULTURAL TRADE RELATIONS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- 11 U.S.-E.C. Agricultural Trade Relations:Where Do We Go from Here? -- PART SIX ADDITIONAL DIMENSIONS IN AGRICULTURAL POLICY CHANGES AND NORTH AMERICAN-EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL TRADE RELATIONS -- 12 GATT and CAP Reform: Different, Similar, or Redundant?.

Agricultural trade, always a source of international friction, will remain a contentious issue in the years to come. The GATT agreement achieved only partial trade liberalization; recognizing this, the agreement calls for a continuation of the negotiation process to achieve the long-run goal of a substantial reduction in agricultural support and protection. In any case, it is clear that U.S.-European Union (EU) agricultural trade relations will remain central to any future negotiation. In this volume, leading experts present a comprehensive set of analyses of the U.S.-EU agricultural trade conflict. The discussions provide a unique perspective on the U.S.-EU agricultural trade confrontation in recent years and offer insights into both the final GATT agreement and forthcoming agricultural issues. Presenting a broad historical context, the book focuses on changes in U.S. and European trade and agricultural policies, looking at the implications of these changes for bilateral relations and global agricultural markets. Providing U.S., EU, and third-party perspectives, the contributors analyze the negotiation process in the Uruguay Round of the GATT. Finally, the book explores several additional dimensions of the U.S.-EU agricultural trade conflict, including the consequences of the EU integration and enlargement processes, the environmental impact of the Union's agricultural policies, and the mechanisms and forces that determine agricultural policy formation in both the United States and in Europe