Under the conditions of the GATT trade agreement, farm subsidies would be gradually phased out.根据关税及贸易总协定的规定，农业补贴将逐步取消。GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。