	gatt round may stop growing  problems u s a successful new gatt general agreement on tariffs and  round is needed to halt growing bilateral  problems between major trading partners u s  representative clayton yeutter said yeutter in new zealand for informal gatt ministerial talks told reuters bilateral  disputes are increasing because the multilateral system is inefficient that is really a strong rationale why we need a new gatt round he said the very existence of all these bilateral irritants clearly emphasises the need to develop multilateral solutions to some of these problems the eighth gatt round of negotiations was launched at punta del este in uruguay in september agriculture and services were included in the negotiations for the first time the growing debt burden of latin american and african nations will also provide impetus for the gatt round to succeed he said clearly those countries need to develop their export endeavours and they need open markets for that to happen and that s the basic objective of the new gatt round but he said the gatt round is a long term endeavour it will not give any short term relief for debt ridden countries but it will make a difference in to years it s a worthwhile activity from their standpoint because these debts are not going to go away in the next year or two he said they ought to be very strongly supported in the gatt round as a mechanism for relieving their debt burdens or making possible debt amortisation in the future he said reuter 
