	canada outlines gatt agricultural reform plan canadian  minister pat carney said that agricultural policies should not hurt world international  and should therefore become more price responsive over time she told delegates at the informal meeting of  ministers that this was one of five principles canada wanted adopted in reforming agriculture in the general agreement on tariffs and  gatt secondly support for agriculture should avoid production incentives and thirdly countries should freeze and seek to reduce government aid measures that distorted world prices carney said carney said the fourth principle was that countries should not introduce new import barriers not mandated by existing legislation and the fifth was that these basic principles must be implemented collectively carney later told reuters the canadian guidelines are basically compatible with the seven point australian proposals announced in davos switzerland in january european  sources said the conference welcomed the canadian initiative but some delegates and not only the european community voiced reservations about some of the principles carney said there was a lot of political will among the ministers here to complete the uruguay round of gatt in under four years and that there is also a realisation that it has to be done in a balanced way the consensus view was to proceed as fast as we can on a broad front and see what areas emerge where we can get early conclusion she said however the meeting did not identify what those areas are carney said she said canada u s bilateral  negotiations which must be concluded at least in draft form by october are progressing well reuter 
