Supply Access

Supply Access and the GATT Policy Negotiations

In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Supply Access: Assurances that importing countries will have fair and equitable access at reasonable prices to supplies of raw materials and other essential imports. Pursuit of supply access commitments usually includes seeking explicit constraints on the use of export restrictions as instruments of foreign policy. US efforts to negotiate supply access commitments, such as during the 1973-79 Tokyo Round, have generally not met with success.