Historically, industrialized countries dominated trade negotiations from the establishment of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) through the lengthy Uruguay Round (UR) negotiations in the 1980s and 1990s. These negotiations established the World Trade Organization (WTO)-the GATT's...

This study seeks to examine the impact of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the balance of agricultural trade of South Asian countries (SAC). The evidence suggests that AoA has failed to boost the SAC farm trade surplus. SAC, as a whole, are net losers...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bangladesh -- 3. Sri Lanka -- 4. Pakistan -- 5. India -- Index -- Box -- Figures -- Tables.