Food price spikes put the spotlight on the need for sustained commitment to agriculture
Barcelona, Spain – May 31, 2010 – Experts in the fields of agriculture and international trade analyzed the 2007-08 food price spikes and arrived at recommendations for policy responses to potential future spikes in agricultural prices during a seminar held by the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC), the International Centre for Trade [...]
Cotton dispute: Africans penalised by US foot-dragging, study finds
African farmers could have gained from a 3.5 percent average increase
in world cotton prices, if the US had moved quickly to implement the
recommendations of an international trade panel, a new study finds.
The study, commissioned by ICTSD and conducted by Mario Jales of Cornell
University, suggests that cotton prices would have risen over a
1998-2007 base period if [...]
Acuerdo de banano: Exportaciones latinoamericanas aumentarán; ayuda adicional amortiguará pérdidas para otros
El nuevo acuerdo sobre el régimen arancelario de la Unión Europea (UE) para el banano será gran ayuda para los exportados latinoamericanos pero provocará una disminución de las exportaciones de los países de África, Caribe y el Pacífico (ACP) de dicha fruta, según un estudio del Centro Internacional para el Comercio y el Desarrollo Sostenible [...]
Banana deal: Latin exports to grow, aid softens blow for others
The new deal on EU banana import tariffs will be a boon to Latin American exporters but would trigger a drop in exports of the fruit from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, according to a study from the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. But the blow to ACP banana exporters may be [...]
New book shows how ‘green box’ farm subsidies affect trade, developing countries and the environment
The EU, US and Japan provide billions of dollars in farm subsidies classed as ‘green box’ at the World Trade Organisation, on the basis that these payments have little or no effect on trade or production. However, a new book from the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development now shows how green box subsidies [...]