Addressing Regulatory Asynchronicity and Low Level Presence of Biotech Crops
As number of biotech crops has grown, regulatory approvals of new biotech crops across different countries have become less synchronized. Asynchronicity in regulatory approvals between producing and importing countries implies that some agricultural commodity trade flows may contain low level presence (LLP) of biotech events which are authorized in the exporting but not in the importing country. Trade disruptions have already occurred. Such disruptions are likely to increase and can have significant economic implications unless countries adopt a practical approach when faced with LLP situations. More
> Overview
> China Case Study
> Vietnam Case Study
> Latin America Case Study
Farm Policy in the US and the EU: The Status of Reform and the Choices Ahead
As the EU prepares to reform its Common Agricultural Policy and the US Congress seeks to pass a new farm bill, tight government budgets will require that policymakers consider carefully policy options to ensure that domestic objectives are properly addressed. EU and US policy choices will have implications for global food and agricultural production and trade, for food security and for commodity prices. IPC’s latest discussion paper examines how various policy approaches for agriculture and biofuels could fulfill the stated and implicit objectives of US and EU farm policy, and how policy instruments are likely to impact international objectives of the US and EU respectively. More
> Discussion Paper
> Policy Focus: The Future of Direct Payments
> Policy Focus: What Next for Farm Policy in the U.S. and EU?
> Policy Focus: Biofuel Policies in the U.S. and EU
Seminar: Non-Tariff Measures in Food and Agriculture: Which Road Ahead?
Regulations in the food and agriculture sector increasingly lead to the application of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) that affect international trade. There is a need to step up efforts to promote greater transparency on NTMs and to improve our ability to measure their impact. The OECD and the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council recently hosted an international seminar on NTMs at the OECD in Paris, France on September 13, 2011. More
> Background Papers on SPS Standards
Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security: Progress to Date and Strategies for Success
On May 24, 2011, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs convened a symposium, in partnership with IPC, to review progress on the U.S. government’s global food security strategy and provide critical thinking on how best to overcome potential obstacles to success. Speakers and agenda are available here.
NTM-IMPACT Project
The goal of the project, in which IPC is one of 19 international project partners, is to collect and analyze new data on non-tariff measures (NTMs), particularly on governmental standards and regulations that prescribe the conditions for EU agrifood exports and compares these with conditions for importing into the EU. Furthermore, impacts from EU and trade partner NTMs on least developing country (LDC) exports are examined. More
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