TPR provides useful summary of situation of EU farm policy In July 2013, the WTO Secretariat published the latest Trade Policy Review (TPR) of the EU, which provides a useful, if somewhat dated, summary of... 26/08/2013
Political agreement reached on CAP reform On 26 June 2013, the European Commission, EU Council and European Parliament reached a political agreement on the 2013 CAP reforms. In broad terms... 11/08/2013
Impact of CAP reform agreement on the sugar sector As part of the 26 June 2013 political agreement between the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Council, the abolition of EU sugar prod... 06/08/2013
Fears over future of ACP sugar exports as Southern African sugar companies announce excellent results According to a press release from the ACP, the ACP Sub-Committee on Sugar has written to the EU Council to highlight the findings of the December 2... 07/07/2013
EU adopts conclusions on the future of organic farming At its meeting in May 2013, the EU Council “adopted some important conclusions on organic farming”, including on the application of the regulatory... 07/07/2013
The EU’s evolving food and agricultural trade profile In May 2013, the EC published a review of the EU’s evolving agricultural trade profile as part of its Monitoring Agri-Trade Policy series. The revi... 24/06/2013
Commitment to shortening supply chains and local sourcing by major UK supermarket According to The Poultry Site, the UK supermarket Tesco “has pledged to source produce more locally and to shorten the supply chain”. Tesco an... 24/06/2013
Building coherence with development policy into the CAP According to an article posted in March by news and policy website Euractiv.com, although the CAP reform process undertaken to date has greatly red... 17/06/2013
The current state of CAP reform negotiations Following a number of reports from the European institutions, it is apparent that a lack of consensus on details between the EC, the European Parli... 17/06/2013
Review highlights role of agri-cooperatives in strengthening farmers’ position in supply chains and reducing price volatility The EC has published a report that brings together and reviews 77 reports on support for EU farmers’ cooperatives, drawn from 27 country reports, s... 12/05/2013