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Questionsfrom36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Againstthisbackground,theWTOfacesseveraldauntingchallenges.Thefirstistocontinuebringingdowntariffsontradedgoods.AveragepenaltieshavefallensteadilysincetheGATT’sformationbuteventhemostopeneconomiesretainloftybarriers:forinstance,Americastillchargesatariffof14.6%onimportofclothing,fivetimeshigherthanitsaveragelevy.
Resistancetotariffcutsisstrongestinagriculture.AccordingtoTimJosling,atradeexpertatStanfordUniversity,tariffsandotherbarriersonfarmgoodsaverageacrippling40%worldwideandcreatedistortionsthat“destroyhugeamountsofvalue”.Anewsetofglobalfarmtalkisplannedtostartin1999.Attheleast,youmightthink,thesecouldlockinimpressivereformsinLatinAmericaandencouragefurtherwatering-downoftheEuropeanUnion’sCommonAgriculturalPolicy.Buttheywillprovedifficult:squabblesoveragriculturealmostsanktheUruguayround.
Where does impressive reforms lock in according to the passage?().
A.America
B.Asia
C.Latin America
D.Africa
A.Thefirstistocontinuebringingdowntariffsontradedgoods.AveragepenaltieshavefallensteadilysincetheGATT’sformationbuteventhemostopeneconomiesretainloftybarriers:forinstance,Americastillchargesatariffof14.6%onimportofclothing,fivetimeshigherthanitsaveragelevy.Resistancetotariffcutsisstrongestinagriculture.AccordingtoTimJosling,atradeexpertatStanfordUniversity,tariffsandotherbarriersonfarmgoodsaverageacrippling40%worldwideandcreatedistortionsthat“destroyhugeamountsofvalue”.Anewsetofglobalfarmtalkisplannedtostartin1999.Attheleast,youmightthink,thesecouldlockinimpressivereformsinLatinAmericaandencouragefurtherwatering-downoftheEuropeanUnion’sCommonAgriculturalPolicy.Buttheywillprovedifficult:squabblesoveragriculturealmostsanktheUruguayround.
Where
B.
A.America
C.Asia
D.Latin
E.Africa
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