Trade in sustainable and organic products grows According to the Fairtrade Foundation, sales of ethical and fair-trade products to the UK increased in value by around a third between 2009 and 201... 02/05/2011
Authorities in Senegal reduce prices of basic necessities Senegal Minister of Commerce Amadou Niang announced in a communiqué on 2 February 2011 that the prices of most basic household necessities will be... 03/04/2011
Improving information on food safety, SPS and quality-standard requirements In February 2011, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched an early warning system ‘[to] en... 03/04/2011
Food-safety concerns bring temporary halt to Thai vegetable exports According to press reports, Thailand is temporarily stopping vegetable exports to the European Union from 1 February 2011 in response to EU concern... 01/03/2011
Agriculture speculation and the EC raw materials communication According to press reports, the EC communication ‘Tackling the challenges in commodity markets and on raw materials’, has – at the insistence of th... 01/03/2011
EU uses traditional trade-policy tools to manage price volatility On 17 February 2011, the EC announced that ‘import duties on certain cereals imported into the EU will be suspended next week until the end of June... 01/03/2011
Policy perspectives on the future of the CAP The EC has posted a series of four policy briefings on the future of the CAP: Brief No. 1, first published in December 2009 and now revised, look... 01/03/2011
Risk management in an era of price volatility The EC has posted its latest update on agricultural commodity and food price developments in the EU. This review is based on data available in Nove... 01/03/2011
New international framework proposed for commodities trade On 9-10 December, ACP House, the Brussels home of the ACP Secretariat, hosted an international conference organised by the Common Fund for Commodit... 03/02/2011
Review of the treatment of NTBs under (I)EPAs posted ICTSD has published a paper looking at the treatment of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBTs) under the EPAs. ‘It... 29/10/2010