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The first chapter shows evidence of intervention by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the GATT Uruguay Round (1986–94) and the WTO Doha Round (2001–8). I demonstrate that FAO officials sought to insert themselves into the politics of the agriculture negotiations by using the strategy of mobilizing GATT/WTO member states. In the Uruguay Round, the FAO chose to intervene out of concern that proposed global trade rules would increase global food prices and thus make food less affordable and less accessible for the world’s poorest people. The FAO exerted influence over the outcome of the Uruguay Round, as the chief architect of an agreement to safeguard food security. |
