Supply management has no place in the TPP
It would be madness for Australia to agree to admit Canada to the TPP “free trade” negotiations on the basis that they might keep their astronomically...
Tag: agriculture
“Critical Mass” on US business agenda
The US National Foreign Trade Council has released a short paper (PDF file) endorsing a “critical mass” (CM) approach to new WTO-associated trade agree...
Huge gaps remain in WTO negotiations
Recent rounds of bilateral talks between the USA and China on opening both farm and non-farm product markets as part of WTO’s long-delayed Doha Round have...
Australia’s trade outlook is strong
By 2030 China, especially, dramatically increases its share of world imports of agriculture, fossil fuels and services, according to the World Bank...
Back and forward (and back) in Geneva
News services have all picked up a statement by the U.S. negotiator for agriculture in WTO in which he claims there’s been “some progress” in the Doha neg...
Why the Doha Round is failing
The usually well-informed ITSCD Bridges Newsletter tries to explain it with a bit of tabloid alliteration: ‘Political Paralysis Poisons WTO Agricul...
EU launches debate on farm subsidies
"Following several weeks of consultations, the European Commission is expected to draw up a report on potential changes to the CAP in mid-summer. " Extract fr...