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Getting Ready for the Ministerial Conference in November

Agriculture Trade Still Highly Distorted

Ambassador Gloria A. Peralta Presents Draft for Agriculture Sector Negotiations

WTO Ministerial Level Conference Will Take Place in Geneva Late November

On the 29th of July Costa Rica Ambassador Gloria Abraham Peralta, Chair of the WTO Agriculture Negotiations Committee, presented the draft text for “possible landing zones” at the next Ministerial Conference (MC12).

The next preparatory meeting is in two weeks, 7-8 September.

What are the 7 priority areas?

1. Domestic Support

2. Market Access

3. Export Restrictions

4. Export Competition

5. Cotton

6. Public Stockholding for Food Security

7. Special Safeguard Mechanism

Plus a cross-cutting issue: transparency.

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Ambassador Peralta noted that the text is “not perfect” but seeks to include a range of views and to foster dialogue and constructive engagement and exchange.

“The tex…