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Article: U.S. Negotiating Proposal to the WTO Seeks Far-Reaching Agricultural Trade Reform.
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- February 1, 2001
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On June 30, 2000, the United States presented its negotiating proposal for agriculture at a special session of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Committee on Agriculture in Geneva, Switzerland. To learn more about the U.S. proposal, AgExporter talked to Patricia Sheikh, Deputy Administrator for International Trade Policy in USDA 's Foreign Agricultural Service. This is what she told us.
AgExporter: Why did we submit a U.S. proposal?
Sheikh: We want to continue the agricultural reform process called for in the Uruguay Round. The United States will benefit economically from a more open, transparent and rules-based agricultural trade system.
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