2000 WTO Negotiations:
Issues for Agriculture in the Northern Plains and Rockies

Edited by Linda M. Young, James B. Johnson, and Vincent H. Smith
        
Published by the former
Trade Research Center,
Montana State University-Bozeman
November 1999


On November 30, 1999, the 2000 Round of negotiations under the World Trade Organization began in Seattle. Negotiators from 135 countries worked toward further liberalization of world trade, including agricultural trade. These negotiations are important to the agricultural industries of the Northern Plains and Rockies due to their reliance on world markets. This book provides a broad overview of the issues of concern to agriculture in this region.

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Executive Summary
Acronyms
Introduction and Major Findings
Linda M. Young and John M. Antle
Negotiating Priorities for Wheat
Donald MacLaren
Negotiating Issues for Beef
Gary W. Brester, Dermot Hayes, and Roxanne L. Clemens
Negotiating Priorities for Feed Grains
Barry K. Goodwin
Major Issues for the U.S. Sugar Industry
Won W. Koo
Growing Opportunities: U.S. Interests in Agricultural Trade Agreements
Daniel A. Sumner
The European Union: Agriculture under the CAP in the 2000 WTO Negotiations
Vincent H. Smith
The Cairns Group: Negotiating Priorities
William M. Miner
Land Use in the Northern Plains: What Does the Future Hold?
Myles J. Watts and David Buschena
Glossary
About the Authors
 

Montana State University - Bozeman