FAO studies related to the impact of the
Uruguay Round

FAO has carried out several assessments related to the impact of the Uruguay Round on agricultural, forest and fishery products and their implications for developing countries, especially regarding products of export and import interest to these countries. Following are some examples of relevant FAO studies and publications:

• Trade restrictions affecting forest products (1994)
• Trade restrictions affecting international trade in non-wood forest products (1995)
• Trade regulations and trends in the fish trade in the USA, the European Union and Japan - Tariff concessions extracted from the schedules established by the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. GLOBEFISH, Vol. 32, suppl. (1995)
• Impact of the Uruguay Round on agriculture (1995)
• Economic assessment of production-related environmental impacts (1995)
• The measurement of the impact of environmental regulations on trade (1995)
• An overview of assessments of the impact of the Uruguay Round on agricultural prices and incomes (1996)
• The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: food security implications for developing countries (1996)
• Uruguay Round commitments on domestic support: their implications for developing countries (1996)
• Potential erosion of trade preferences in agricultural products (1996)
• Agricultural price instability (1996)
• Impact of the Uruguay Round on international trade in forest products (1996)
• Environment, sustainability and trade linkages for basic foodstuffs (1996)
• The Impact of the Uruguay Round on tariff escalation in agricultural products (1997)
• Prospects for non-traditional agricultural commodities: a case study of the EU, US and Japan (1997)
• Review of FAO's global cereal stocks-to-utilization ratio (1997)
• Food aid and the implications of the Marrakesh Decision (1997)
• The implications of the GATT Uruguay Round and other trade arrangements for the Asia-Pacific Forest Products Trade. Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (1997)
• Implications of the Uruguay Round for sustainable agricultural and rural development. Paper submitted to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (1997)