Research On The Domestic Support Rules Of WTO Agriculture Trade

Domestic support is one of the most effective three circles of the Agricultural Agreement which is the components of the Uruguay Round. It is also the most important provision on adjusting international agricultural trade. It is mainly included in three fields which are market access, export subsidize and domestic support. Agricultural domestic support is the core of the agriculture protecting policies in developed countries and it is also the important origin of import limit and export subsidize. It is WTO Agreement on Agriculture divides domestic support into trade-distorting Domestic support and non-trade-distorting domestic support. The former is called "amber" support and the later includes "green" support, the minimize support and special and discriminative treatment. Since the WTO Agreement on Agriculture was put into effect in 1995, the United States, the EU and Japan have actively adjusted their domestic support policies so as to enhance support of their agriculture more effectively under the WTO rules. However, China's domestic support policies have some defects such as low support level as a whole, irrational support structure, low subsidy efficiency and imperfect legislative system in agricultural support. In addition, there are some measures that are not consistent with the WTO rules in China's domestic support policies. Therefore, Chinese government should adjust the domestic support policies under the WTO rules and build a perfect support system. Meanwhile we should learn the successful adjustment experience from the developed countries.