摘要：Globalization of food markets, at least among developed economies, represents increased trade and investment opportunities for fbod firms. International trade agreements including the European Community 92 (EC-92) initiatives, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are some of the overall policy instruments to open trade among Western nations. These agreements have been negotiated to comprehensively deal with reductions in tariffs, quotas and other readily identifiable trade barriers. However, revised regulations used to implement these agreements could become nontariff barriers to trade as trade distorting as the regimes they replaced. Food marketing firma entering new international markets must increasingly consider labeling, quality, and technical regulations used to implement these broad trade policies.
