Introduction
The relations between ethics, agriculture, and multilateral trade organizations are complicated, both in terms of academic and policy debates. In the post-World War II period, the most powerful international trade institutions have been the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1947–1994), a treaty-based regime, followed by the establishment of a formal institutional structure in the shape of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Other agencies at the United Nations, notably the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), have interests in the links between agriculture and trade, but this entry will not debate these institutions. The discussion introduces and dissects debates that have revolved around the GATT/WTO system, divided into two main sections. First, there is a...
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Eagleton-Pierce, M. (2013). Multilateral Trade Organizations, Food, and Agriculture. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_354-1
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