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No. 10. Special and differential treatment in agriculture

FAO Trade Policy Technical Notes on issues related to the WTO negotiations on agriculture

Year of publication 2005

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title Trade policy briefs

Series number No. 10

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This technical note is intended to contribute to the process of clarifying issues and identifying possible options to facilitate agreement on areas of special and differential treatment in the context of the agriculture negotiations. It first addresses what is seen by some members as the most difficult area, the cross cutting issues related to development, focused on the principles behind, and purpose of, SDT. It then examines the agreement-specific proposals under the three pillars of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), as raised in the August Framework Agreement. It concludes with a discussion of implementation, an area of particular concern to the developing countries.

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