§ Mr. ChannonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what agricultural products coming from least-developed or island states have been granted a general waiver from the GATT in respect of their imports into the EC.
§ Mr. CurryThe draft GATT agreement on agriculture, tabled by the GATT director general in December 1991, states
In implementing the commitments on market access, developed countries will take fully into account the particular needs and conditions of developing countries by providing for a greater improvement of opportunities and terms of access for agricultural products of particular interest to these countries, including the fullest liberalisation of trade in tropical agricultural products as agreed at the Mid-Term review, and products of particular importance to the diversification of production from the growing of illicit narcotic crops.The GATT in any case provides for preferential tariff treatment to products from developing countries in accordance with the generalised system of preferences.