This paper focuses on the specific characteristics of agriculture, first exploring the state of the current negotiations on agriculture in WTO and the different approaches the main country groups take. It then continues in summarising the main specific characteristics of agriculture: The land use function, the supply and demand characteristics, the contribution of the agricultural sector to the provision of positive externalities and public goods, food as a unique and most essential good and agriculture as a key element for the development of other sectors, particularly in developing countries.