ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the United States and the European Community (U.S.-E.C.) agricultural trade conflict and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) agreement in agriculture in a historical perspective. It explains some of the developments in the US-E.C. political and economic relations since the end of World War II. The chapter outlines the evolution of US agricultural policy, the European Common Agricultural Policy, and the nature and evolution of the conflict. It reviews the tortuous path of the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations as it tried to resolve US-E.C. global agricultural trade conflicts. The chapter addresses the evolution of the US-E.C. trade conflict in the context of the changes in domestic policies. It presents a brief overview of the evolution of the complex set of economic and political relations in the North Atlantic scene in the post-World War II period.
