Doha Round Negotiations On Agriculture, The Latest Progress And China's Relevant Laws And Countermeasures

In the system of multi-lateral trade, the trade policy of agricultural products of each country is restricted and confined by the multi-lateral trade rules. Therefore, each country will make full use of its right to participate in the setting of the international trade rules in the multi-lateral trade negotiation to safeguard and realize its own interests. It was a historical coincidence that the entrance of China into WTO in 2001 happened at the same time when the multi-lateral trade negotiation of Doha development agenda started successfully. Agricultural negotiation is the core of the new round of multi-lateral trade negotiation and the focus of the conflict between developing and developed countries. To make research on the new round of agricultural negotiation and work out legal countermeasures will be helpful for the Chinese government to better safeguard its rights and interests in the follow-up negotiation. It will help the government improve the agricultural legal system in time according to the developing trend of the new round of negotiation and urge the Chinese agriculture to play a better role in the international competition.This article reviews the GATT1947 rules on agricultural products and the process of negotiation and development of the WTO Agricultural Agreement, and prudently analyzes the content and effect of the WTO Agricultural Agreement, as well as its historical contribution and practical limitation. Especially during the liberalization of the global trade, the problems in the execution of WTO Agricultural Agreement have been fully exposed, and the developed countries such as the United States and European countries take advantage of their rich national power to fight trade wars. In order to meet the demands of further promoting economic globalization, the participants of WTO actively start a new round of multi-lateral trade negotiation.This article also enumerates the circuitous developing process of the agricultural negotiation, reviews the achievements of Doha Framework Agreement of Agricultural Product and Hong Kong Declaration , carefully examines and analyzes the difficult position of the follow-up negotiation, checks the respective standpoint and divergence of different negotiation groups to find out a way to break the deadlock, and views...