The same divided opinion that has stalled Doha for 13 years remains: defining whether development results from trade or from protectionism. Sour Trade Policy Views A WTO spokesman reports that following the organization's success in Bali, there is renewed enthusiasm to create a roadmap for moving the Doha agenda forward. Tomorrow a WTO special agriculture committee meets to assess what is doable in a new trade negotiation, what contributions should be made and what information is needed. The latter is important, especially after a recent Cairns Group paper emphasized the manner in which agricultural subsidies are increasing in places like China and India, but declining in the U.S. and EU.However, the same divided opinion that has stalled...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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