WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS
A bit behind on this one. But despite lots of meetings nothing much seems to have changed.
Info from trade sources:
Chair @GloriaAbrahamP told ambassadors on Monday she will circulate a revised draft (first: July 29)
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A bit behind on this one. But despite lots of meetings nothing much seems to have changed.
Info from trade sources:
Chair @GloriaAbrahamP told ambassadors on Monday she will circulate a revised draft (first: July 29)
1/8 tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2021/07/30/agr…
She said huge gaps remain on several issues:
1. Trade-distorting domestic support—go for a numerical target or try to agree on words; a timetable for reducing the support; special treatment for developing countries.
Forget market access.
Draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2-domestic-sup…
2/8
1. Trade-distorting domestic support—go for a numerical target or try to agree on words; a timetable for reducing the support; special treatment for developing countries.
Forget market access.
Draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2-domestic-sup…
2/8
2. Improving information shared among the membership (notifications)—eg, on shipments en route; notifying export restrictions in advance.
This is seen as something that could be delivered at the Ministerial Conference, but differences remain.
Draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/9-transparency…
3/8
This is seen as something that could be delivered at the Ministerial Conference, but differences remain.
Draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/9-transparency…
3/8
3. How to exempt @WFP purchases for humanitarian aid from export restrictions.
Some countries have already applied this unilaterally.
Failure to agree on this among the membership as a whole says a lot. What it says is not good.
Present draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/5-export-restr…
4/8
Some countries have already applied this unilaterally.
Failure to agree on this among the membership as a whole says a lot. What it says is not good.
Present draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/5-export-restr…
4/8
4. Should decisions on the agriculture negotiations at the upcoming Ministerial Conference (Nov 30–Dec 3) include deadlines?
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5. Government purchases at non-market prices for food security stocks in developing countries—add more countries and products?
Current draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/8-public-stock…
Explanation: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/08/24/rhe…
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Current draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/8-public-stock…
Explanation: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/08/24/rhe…
6/8
6. Special safeguard mechanism (developing countries)—no chance of Ministerial Conference agreement.
Should a timetable and other details be attached to a ministerial decision? Splits on that too
Current draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/7-ssm-july-202…
Explanation: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/rhe…
7/8
Should a timetable and other details be attached to a ministerial decision? Splits on that too
Current draft: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/7-ssm-july-202…
Explanation: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/rhe…
7/8
EU🇪🇺“We often talk about the need to reform the WTO. It is maybe not so much the WTO that needs to undertake reforms. It is members that seem unable to agree on even the simplest issues and this is very disappointing”
As @BobWolfeSPS & I say—reform in capitals before Geneva
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As @BobWolfeSPS & I say—reform in capitals before Geneva
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