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
Analysis throws light on the differential impact on companies of increased costs of accessing EU markets The Commonwealth Secretariat has published a report in its Trade Hot Topics series that explores the implications and subsequent costs of the possi... 10/08/2014
Ethiopia, Uganda and DRC commit to COMESA FTA In March 2014, Ethiopia and Uganda both announced that they were committed to depositing their instruments of access to the COMESA FTA with the COM... 03/08/2014
Prospective trends in the future location of global cocoa production With the expansion of global cocoa consumption largely driven by market developments in Asia and Latin America, the question has been raised of whe... 24/07/2014
Central Africa–EU EPA negotiations relaunched as anxieties over future of Cameroon’s banana exports increase ECDPM reported in May 2014 that “the Central Africa region has reopened the EPA dossier after years of relative inactivity.” This followed in... 29/06/2014
Africa and European corporate responses to EU milk quota abolition BackgroundConsumer demand for dairy products is growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa (up 22% in 6 years). The response of local milk and dairy pro... 11/05/2014
Free trade agreements boost Latin and Central American banana exports to EU but with variable performance According to press reports, Panamanian banana exports in 2013 increased by 8.63% to reach 14.3 million boxes, valued at US$90.4 million. In the sam... 10/05/2014
The expanding EU dairy herd and the growing importance of overseas markets, including in Africa In 2013, against the background of high global dairy prices and the pending abolition of EU milk production quotas, the EC’s publication of its qua... 04/05/2014
Brazilian poultry meat exports to Africa down in 2013 According to a recent 6-month report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), broiler meat production in Brazil in the course of 2013 dropped... 30/03/2014
Good prospects for EU dairy exports but growing competition According to the EC’s ‘Prospects for agricultural markets and incomes in the EU 2013-2023’, published in December 2013, adverse weather conditions... 02/03/2014