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Should the Green Box be Modified?
An Experts' Discussion
Washington, DC
May 4, 2007
2:30-4:30pm
The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted an experts' discussion on the issues raised by IPC's recently published Discussion Paper, "Should the Green Box be Modified?" by Timothy Josling and David Blandford. The paper analyzes current Green Box criteria, which have been until now instrumental in moving away from trade-distorting support, but also raises salient questions about the production effects of Green Box support, and whether it allows for the implementation of a full range of legitimate environmental and conservation programs. Consensus on these issues is important for the stability of the WTO negotiations, and discussion focused on what can be done to effectively balance the needs of developing countries through reducing trade-distorting support, and meeting domestic policy goals of providing public goods. Commentators also discussed these issues in the context of the current Farm Bill debate.
Speakers included: Timothy Josling, IPC member and senior fellow at the Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, David Blandford, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, Kenneth Cook, co-founder and president of the Environmental Working Group, Jean-Marc Trarieux, agricultural attaché (First Secretary), European Commission, and Scott Faber, water resource specialist with Environmental Defense.
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