A proposal for new agriculture trade rules made today by the U.S. Trade Representative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) includes nothing to benefit developing countries.
La délégation a constaté que, une fois de plus, les négociations de l'OMC se mènent sans transparence, et excluant de diverses réunions les pays les moins riches et les plus revendicatifs en matière de droit au développement.
Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce & Industry, will be taking a tough stance on agriculture and other issues in key WTO meetings starting at Zurich and Geneva
U.S. officials over the last few weeks have offered some additional specifics about how it might be able to agree to new disciplines on food aid in the ongoing Doha round
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman said late last week that U.S. negotiators in the Doha round should not accept more than a 50 percent reduction of trade-distorting amber box subsidies in the negotiations
The U.S. for the first time this week set out conditions on how sensitive agricultural products not subject to formula tariff reductions should be treated under a new World Trade Organization agreement.
