South Africa imposes preliminary anti-dumping duties on specific EU member states’ frozen poultry cuts Following an investigation by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) into claims of dumping of frozen poultry parts by German, Du... 17/08/2014
Does the new US Farm Bill meet US cotton subsidy reduction commitments? Analysts from two academic news forums, IFPRI and ICTSD, argue that it is now time to end the long-standing cotton dispute, involving the C4 group... 17/08/2014
The WTO and animal welfare-related trade restrictions Animal welfare concerns were raised at the International Meat Secretariat Veal Committee meeting in mid June 2014 over the possible implication for... 17/08/2014
Cairns Group presents paper on ‘total trade-distorting support’ According to a report published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), an informal paper by the Cairns Group ha... 16/05/2014
Tonga’s food supply increasingly dependent on migrant remittances The first WTO Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Tonga after the country joined the WTO in 2007, published in February, finds that “remittances by Tongan... 05/04/2014
Outlook for Doha still uncertain after Bali WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo has urged members to use 2014 “to get the struggling negotiations [in the Doha Development Round] ‘back on tra... 30/03/2014
WTO discusses how to make certification standards less of a barrier to trade At the end of October 2013, the WTO held a formal meeting of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee to discuss “how to make it easier for... 02/02/2014
ACP aspirations and expectations and the outcome of the Ninth WTO Bali Ministerial Conference Special report – December 2013 1. IntroductionThe Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali reached agreement in December 2013 on a package of... 10/12/2013
Agreement on a mini-deal reached in Bali The agreement reached at the Ninth WTO Ministerial meeting in Bali includes a range of decisions and declarations potentially impacting on ACP agri... 10/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: WTO Agreement on Agriculture 1. Background and key issuesDuring 2012-13, while the overall process of the World Trade Organizati... 27/11/2013