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Agricultural trade issues have rarely been more visible. At the Economic Summit in Houston, in July 1990, the leaders of the seven largest democracies, along with the EC Commission, took time out from such weighty matters as aid to the Soviet economy and protection of the environment to discuss agricultural trade. At the heart of the problem was a difference of opinion between the United States and the Community on the way to improve the agricultural trading system. The debate doubtless will continue right through the GATT Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. But even if a firm agreement emerges from the GATT talks, issues in agricultural trade will be contentious for many years to come.
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Josling, T. (1992). Trade in Agricultural Products. In: Borner, S., Grubel, H. (eds) The European Community after 1992. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12048-2_5
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