Butagricultureofficialsarekeen tostress that the worlddoesn't have tofear thatChina'sentry intoglobalfoodmarketswould result in a beggar-thy-neighborpolicy.
To prevent a repeat of 1930s beggar-thy-neighbor protectionism, governments yielded significant powers over trade policy to supranational bodies such at the World Trade Organization (previously the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and the European Union.