Bridges Weekly | US Senate Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill; Cotton Spat Unresolved
The Farm Bill process passed another milestone last week, after the US Senate Agriculture Committee approved its version of the omnibus legislation that supports agriculture, conservation, and nutrition. The US Congressional Budget Office estimates that the proposed legislation will involve a US$26 billion reduction in spending over ten years.
An earlier proposal by the administration of [...]
Puentes | Puentes estrena imagen y concepto
A partir de ahora incrementamos la frecuencia de la revista en respuesta a una mayor demanda de artículos y comentarios de expertos, según las encuestas que emprendimos hace algunos meses con nuestros lectores. De igual forma, hemos reestructurado nuestras entregas quincenales de noticias para alertar sobre hechos relevantes conforme vayan sucediendo. Los invitamos a consultar [...]
New Study | Possible Effects of Russia’s WTO Accession on Agricultural Trade and Production
by Sergey Kiselev and Roman Romashkin
This study examines how Russia’s WTO accession could affect agricultural trade and production. It finds that developing countries could gain from the accession, especially those exporting products such as beef, pork or sugar, and that grain importers could also gain from greater market stability if Russia respects new commitments on [...]
Bridges Trade BioRes | A new BioRes era takes flight
As recent events have demonstrated, the trade and environment worlds are increasingly influencing each other. As seen last December in Durban, tensions over the role of response measures in UNFCCC climate change negotiations underscored the notion that trade strongly influences some of the most contentious issues facing global climate change negotiators. Similarly, and perhaps more [...]
Bridges Weekly | EU, Argentina Trade Relations in the Spotlight amid Repsol Fallout
Tensions continue to escalate between Spain and Argentina in the wake of Buenos Aires’ announcement last week that it would be nationalising the Spanish-owned Repsol YPF oil company. Madrid announced on Friday that it would be taking measures aimed at curtailing biodiesel imports from its South American trading partner, as EU [...]