EU Reveals Export Future The fundamental debate in Geneva between agricultural exporting countries and developing countries is domestic support versus market access. The perfect quid pro quo is rich countries reduce support and developing countries grant market access. Developing countries cannot countenance opening their borders, and rich country farmers will not concede support cuts without this concession. In outlining its vision for future WTO negotiations, Brussels has sided with poorer countries. Its latest soliloquy stated three ambitions:
Address trade distorting domestic support; Make progress towards a permanent solution to public stockholding for food security purposes (PSH); and Deliver on the immediate needs of vulnerable...
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Let’s return briefly to the fake meat hype cycle, now sitting somewhere in a dusty corner of your mind, not entirely forgotten. What happened to all those products, known as plant-based alternative proteins? They were supposed to be as good as real meat—cheaper, more environmentally...
Dry bulk markets were volatile but ultimately steady this week with notable differences in rate developments across vessel classes. The Capesize sector, which led the recent rally in freight rates with its dramatic surge, pulled back slightly amid more cautious chartering activity, partic...
New Trade Agreements U.S. and Indian officials say that bilateral trade negotiations are progressing on a comprehensive deal to expand earlier completed chapters on market access, NTBs and purchases. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become more free trade oriented since consolidating his power...
