Join IPC/GMF expert blog discussion on "Doha and Beyond"

The Doha Round of trade negotiations at the WTO suffered another setback in July 2008, when a ministerial called by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy broke down, most visibly over divergent views within the G-7 group on the Special Safeguard Mechanism.   As senior negotiators meet again to resume the negotiations, how can the remaining issues be resolved and the conclusions brought to a successful end?  What do the protracted Doha Negotiations signal about the viability of future multilateral trade rounds?  How can trade liberalization best proceed in the future?

The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue

IPC has been invited to host a session on developing countries' untapped growth potential in international trade and agriculture at the annual symposium of the World Food Prize.  With global demand for food expected to double by 2050, increased but less intensive agricultural production and trade will be necessary to provide food security without degrading land and water resources. Please join IPC and agricultural policy experts from around the world for this important and timely symposium examining agriculture and global development over the next 50 years.

U.S. and EU Import Requirements - The Case of Green Beans and Shrimp

IPC hosted an information session in Geneva at the margin of the WTO SPS Committee meeting to present the results of IPC's recently completed position paper on U.S. and EU import procedures for horticulture and seafood products. The session called upon the EU and U.S. to more effectively implement the harmonization and equivalence aspects of the SPS agreement so as to facilitate exports from developing countries, and emphasized that standards must be scientifically justified and non-trade distorting.

The Future of Agriculture: A Global Dialogue Among Stakeholders

Organized by the International Chair WTO/Regional Integration, University of Barcelona, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council, this dialogue facilitated discussion on prospects for sustainability in a rapidly changing agriculture sector.

Food, Fuel, and Forests: A Seminar on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Trade

Following the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2007, discussion continues on how best to reverse the alarming environmental degradation caused by deforestation. At its May 12 seminar in Bogor, Indonesia, IPC examined this issue in addition to  the many pressing ecological questions surrounding food production and biofuels.

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