Skip to main content
Home
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • RSS
  • Subscribe
Home
  • Home
    • Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium
    • WTO MC11 (Buenos Aires 2017)
    • E15 Policy Options
    • E15 Interactive
  • Bridges news
    • Bridges
    • BioRes
    • Bridges Africa
    • Pontes
    • Puentes
    • Passerelles
    • Мосты
    • 桥
    • Trade Negotiations Insights
    • Eclairage sur les négociations
  • Research
  • Opinion
  • Dialogues
  • Themes
    • Agriculture
    • Climate and Energy
    • Development and LDCs
    • Environment
    • Global Governance
    • Innovation and IP
    • Services and Digital
    • Trade Law
  • About us
    • About ICTSD
    • Experts Network
    • Corporate reporting
    • Funding partners
    • Governance
    • Media
    • Jobs
    • Contact us
  • Search
  • International
  • Français
  • Español
  • Portugês
  • Мосты
  • 桥
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • RSS
logo
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
International Environment House 2
Chemin de Balexert 7-9
1219 Châtelaine
Geneva
Switzerland

Phone: +41 22 917 84 92
Fax: +41 22 917 80 93
Email: info@ictsd.ch

Type

  • (-) Remove View All filter View All
  • News 62 Apply News filter
  • Event 14 Apply Event filter
  • Research 7 Apply Research filter

Languages

  • (-) Remove View All filter View All
  • English 82 Apply English filter
  • Portuguese 1 Apply Portuguese filter

Date

  • (-) Remove 2007 filter 2007

Themes

  • View All Apply View All filter
  • (-) Remove AGRICULTURE filter AGRICULTURE
  • ENVIRONMENT 98 Apply ENVIRONMENT filter
  • CLIMATE AND ENERGY 42 Apply CLIMATE AND ENERGY filter
  • INNOVATION AND IP 38 Apply INNOVATION AND IP filter
  • GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE 10 Apply GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE filter
  • TRADE LAW 10 Apply TRADE LAW filter
  • DEVELOPMENT AND LDCs 6 Apply DEVELOPMENT AND LDCs filter
  • SERVICES AND DIGITAL ECONOMY 4 Apply SERVICES AND DIGITAL ECONOMY filter

Tag

  • (-) Remove View All filter View All
  • Special Safeguard Mechanism 3 Apply Special Safeguard Mechanism filter
  • ACP Countries 2 Apply ACP Countries filter
  • Development 2 Apply Development filter
  • Special Products 2 Apply Special Products filter
  • Tariffs 2 Apply Tariffs filter
  • WTO Dispute Settlement 2 Apply WTO Dispute Settlement filter
  • Americas 1 Apply Americas filter
  • Bananas 1 Apply Bananas filter
  • Canada 1 Apply Canada filter
  • Doha Round 1 Apply Doha Round filter
  • Food Security 1 Apply Food Security filter
  • Market Access 1 Apply Market Access filter
  • South-South Trade 1 Apply South-South Trade filter
  • Subsidies 1 Apply Subsidies filter
  • Sugar 1 Apply Sugar filter
  • United States 1 Apply United States filter
83 resultsFilter
  • (-) Remove 2007 filter 2007
  • (-) Remove AGRICULTURE filter AGRICULTURE
Reset

WTO In Brief - WTO panel rules against EU banana tariff regime

19 December 2007
A WTO dispute panel ruled on 10 December that the EU has failed to bring its banana import regime into compliance with former WTO rulings. The battle over bananas between the EU and suppliers to which it does not give preferential market access -- mainly in Latin America -- is one of the most...

WTO Negotiators Look To 2008, Though Doha Deal Prospects Remain Slim

5 December 2007
Until recently, trade officials from many governments were warning that the Doha Round trade talks would die or go into indefinite hibernation without a breakthrough agreement on cutting tariffs and subsidies by the end of the year. The troubled WTO negotiations now look set to remain alive, if not...
3-5
DEC
2007

Tropical Products, Trade, Natural Resources Management and Poverty

Salvador (Bahia), Brazil

Pay Farmers for Providing Environmental Services, Says FAO

30 November 2007
Farmers provide the world with essential ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, flood control, clean water provision and biodiversity conservation. These services are undervalued by the market, and providing targeted economic incentives to farmers could safeguard the environment as well as...

WTO In Brief

28 November 2007
WTO MEMBERS SCRUTINISE US AG SUBSIDY NOTIFICATION; FAO WARNS OF HIGH FOOD PRICES Information provided by the US to the WTO on its agricultural subsidy spending between 2001 and 2005 came under close scrutiny at a 21 October meeting of the organisation's Committee on Agriculture. Members criticised...

Draft Texts Facing Delay, As WTO Contemplates End-2008 For Doha Accord

21 November 2007
For weeks, diplomats at the WTO had expected the chairs of the struggling Doha Round trade talks on agriculture and industrial goods to soon come up with new draft agreement texts that were to be the basis for a last-ditch attempt at a deal. The drafts were initially due in mid-November, then...

FARMERS' RIGHTS, FUNDING DISCUSSED AT SEED TREATY MEETING

16 November 2007
FARMERS' RIGHTS, FUNDING DISCUSSED AT SEED TREATY MEETING A recent meeting on the preservation and exchange of agricultural seeds saw divisive discussions on farmers' rights and funding issues that underpin the implementation of a relatively new treaty on the topic. The second meeting of the...

In Brief

14 November 2007
PALM OIL PROVES STICKING POINT IN INDIA-ASEAN FTA TALKS Disagreements over palm oil and other sensitive products continue to prevent India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from finalising a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiators had hoped to be able to conclude a deal in time...

Revised Ag Text Delayed As Chair Sees Glimmer Of Progress

7 November 2007
The chair of the troubled WTO agriculture talks will postpone issuing a new draft negotiating text initially expected in mid-November until towards the end of the month, trade sources report. The move was prompted by modest signs of movement in the discussions. Ambassador Crawford Falconer (New...

Agriculture Chair Circulates New 'Working Documents' On Export Competition

7 November 2007
The chair of the Doha Round farm trade negotiations on 7 November released a set of potential changes to WTO rules aimed at preventing countries from pursuing policies that effectively subsidise the export of agricultural products. The three 'working documents' updated the terms of the draft deal...
5
NOV
2007
00:00

Monetisation of Food Aid: Unresolved Issues in the Chair's Draft Text

Geneva, Switzerland
AGRICULTURE
Special Safeguard Mechanism

Implications of Proposed Modalities for the Special Safeguard Mechanism: A Simulation Exercise

1 November 2007

Agriculture: No Breakthroughs, but a Will to Move Ahead

1 November 2007
The WTO agriculture talks have in recent weeks bathed in a rare mood of optimism as delegates continue efforts to narrow differences. The main reason for the change of atmosphere appears to be that Members have focused on finding solutions to a number of questions – other than the ‘headline’ issues...

AG, NAMA Talks Continue, With Revised Draft Texts Expected Mid-November

31 October 2007
Talks on agriculture and industrial goods trade continue at the WTO, in what may be the last week of discussions before the chairs of the two negotiating committees issue new draft compromise texts that could become the basis for a Doha Round agreement - or a bitter collapse. Sources report that...

WTO In Brief

31 October 2007
SPS COMMITTEE: VOLUNTARY STANDARDS DIVIDE MEMBERS Following two years of exploratory discussions to assess what role - if any - the WTO could play in regulating the vast and growing array of standards set by the private sector, WTO Members will start looking at specific case studies. Discussions on...

AG Chair Preparing To Revise Text, As Lamy Says 'Hour of Truth Rapidly Approaching'

24 October 2007
The chair of the troubled Doha Round agriculture talks has given Member governments until 2 November to iron out their differences. After that, he will put together a detailed new potential draft deal for make-or-break final negotiations, guessing where consensus might lie on issues for which...

AG Negotiators Haggle Over Base Periods For Green Box Payments

24 October 2007
The mediator of the struggling Doha Round farm trade talks says that Members are at long last moving forward, albeit incrementally. However, the movement has been on 'technical' issues rather than the big 'political' questions, such as subsidy spending caps, which negotiators say can only be...

Agriculture: 'Degrees' Of Progress, While Broad Divisions Persist

17 October 2007
With WTO Members still deadlocked on the depth of Doha Round farm subsidy and tariff cuts, negotiators in Geneva are focusing on a range of secondary and technical issues in order to make it possible for governments to conclude an agreement swiftly if and when they make the concessions necessary to...

After Long Delay, US Notifies 2002-2005 AG Subsidies to WTO

10 October 2007
The US on 4 October announced that it has notified the WTO of its domestic support payments to farmers for the years 2002 to 2005, with a senior official insisting that Washington had remained within the spending limits imposed by its obligations to the global trade body. Following years of...
9-10
OCT
2007

Workshop on WTO Negotiations and Nigeria: Negotiation Options in Agriculture, Non-Agricultural Products, Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism

Abuja, Nigeria
  • Show More
Back to top
  • Home
    • Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium
    • WTO MC11 (Buenos Aires 2017)
    • E15 Policy Options
    • E15 Interactive
  • Bridges news
    • Bridges
    • BioRes
    • Bridges Africa
    • Pontes
    • Puentes
    • Passerelles
    • Мосты
    • 桥
    • Trade Negotiations Insights
    • Eclairage sur les négociations
  • Research
  • Opinion
  • Dialogues
  • Themes
    • Agriculture
    • Climate and Energy
    • Development and LDCs
    • Environment
    • Global Governance
    • Innovation and IP
    • Services and Digital
    • Trade Law
  • About us
    • About ICTSD
    • Experts Network
    • Corporate reporting
    • Funding partners
    • Governance
    • Media
    • Jobs
    • Contact us
  • Search
logo
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
International Environment House 2
Chemin de Balexert 7-9
1219 Châtelaine
Geneva
Switzerland

Phone: +41 22 917 84 92
Fax: +41 22 917 80 93
Email: info@ictsd.ch
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter
  • RSS