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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...
Catalogue reference: MAF 608
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MAF 608
The files in this series mainly relate to the Uruguay Round Agriculture Negotiating Group and the Trade Negotiations Committee. In both instances, ministerial responsibility lay jointly with the Secretary of State for FCO and DTI on the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 608
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAT series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1987-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series mainly relate to the Uruguay Round Agriculture Negotiating Group and the Trade Negotiations Committee. In both instances, ministerial responsibility lay jointly with the Secretary of State for FCO and DTI on the negotiations. However, MAFF did have involvement at a high level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GAT file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2013 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food until 2001; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2002.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) came into being in the post-war period (1948) to begin the process of multilateral trade liberalisation. There have been a number of multilateral negotiations or 'Rounds' since the creation of the GATT. But while certain GATT rules applied to agriculture, others did not.
The Uruguay Round fundamentally changed matters, launched in 1986 and finally concluded in 1994, it included specific agricultural trade disciplines in the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA). The AoA sets out commitments which countries had to apply over a six-year implementation period (1995 to 2000), but which remain in force until a successor agreement is made.
The conclusion of the Uruguay Round marked the replacement of the GATT by the creation, on 1 January 1995, of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12272794/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAT series)