Agriculture, fourth edition

The WTO Agreements Series

Description :

WTO Secretariat

This new edition provides an introduction to the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture, outlining its key principles and the work of the Agriculture Committee. It also provides an overview of negotiations on agricultural trade over the past 25 years and looks into disputes involving the Agriculture Agreement.

The publication includes the full text of the Agreement on Agriculture, its annexes and the decisions on agriculture taken at the 2013 (Bali), 2015 (Nairobi) and 2022 (Geneva) ministerial conferences. These include the historic decision to eliminate agriculture export subsidies taken at the 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10) and the decisions on food security taken at MC12.

This publication is part of the WTO Agreements Series, aimed at enhancing understanding of WTO agreements. Other publications in the series include Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade

Published September 2025 | 148 pages | 210 x 150 mm | Weight: 0.300 kg

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. The basic structure of WTO agreements

3. Agriculture Agreement
a. An overview
b. Introduction to the Agriculture Agreement
c. Key principles: The three pillars
d.Other provisions
e. Transparency: sharing information
f. Agriculture Committee
g. A database of information on agricultural trade policies and measures
h. Resolving disputes
i. Negotiations: built-in agenda and post-Uruguay Round negotiations
j. Cotton
k. Summary

4. Frequently asked questions

5. Legal texts on agriculture
a. Agreement on Agriculture
b. 2013 Bali Package on agriculture and related decisions
c. 2015 Nairobi Package on agriculture and related decisions
d. 2022 Geneva Package on agriculture