In November 1992, the US and EU settled most of their differences on agriculture
in a deal known informally as the “Blair House accord”. By July 1993 the “Quad”
(US, EU, Japan and Canada) announced significant progress in negotiations on
tariffs and related subjects (“market access”). It took until 15 December 1993 for
every issue to be finally resolved and for negotiations on market access for goods
and ser-vices to be concluded (although some final touches were completed in talks
on market access a few weeks later). On 15 April 1994, the deal was signed by ministers
from most of the 123 participating governments at a meeting in Marrakesh,
Morocco.