Development concerns may be sidelined at WTO Ministerial South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, has stressed in a press report how the December 2011 WTO Ministerial meeting should not be... 09/12/2011
World Bank review of unfinished business in the WTO negotiations The World Bank has published a book reviewing the unfinished business in the WTO Doha Round. The editors of the book, in an online summary of the c... 09/12/2011
WTO members square up for December ministerial With the eighth WTO Ministerial Conference due to take place from 15–17 December, members are airing alternative strategies for advancing the stall... 28/11/2011
Executive Brief Update 2011: WTO Agreement on Agriculture About this updateThis brief was updated in July 2011. The original executive brief was published in August 2008 and is available on request from ag... 31/10/2011
Prospects for agreement on LDC package reviewed Prior to the summer recess the WTO negotiations continued to be stalled, with not even a consensus on what might constitute a deliverable ‘plan B’... 06/09/2011
Agricultural dimensions of the WTO EU trade policy review The WTO has published its review of the trade policy of the EU, including a section on developments in the agricultural sector. The review provides... 30/08/2011
Agricultural policy dimensions of the WTO trade policy review for Nigeria A range of WTO trade policy reports for Nigeria has been posted as part of the WTO’s review of trade policies and practices in the country. The WTO... 09/08/2011
Reviews of the production, trade and income consequences of EU direct aid payments Two papers have been published reviewing the EU’s direct aid payments system. An academic paper from Humboldt University reviews the production and... 09/08/2011
US–Brazil cotton dispute may return to the WTO In mid June 2011 the US House of Representatives voted to end payments to the Brazil Cotton Institute. These payments, totalling US$147.3 million p... 09/08/2011
LDC needs should be accorded priority under Doha ‘Plan B’ Press sources have reported calls from the Least Developed Countries’ (LDC) meeting in Istanbul in early May 2011 for ‘a mini deal’ under the Doha... 05/07/2011