The international community is facing considerable challenges today.

In the context of climate change the world faces growing environmental pressures described as planetary boundaries including air and water pollution, land degradation, natural resources depletion and extinctions of species among other environmenta

The WTO XII Ministerial Conference (MC12) will be a different and singular event for the organization and also for the participating member countries.

In December 2017 the WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were difficult times both in terms of economic and political uncertainties.

Despite significant reforms over the past 25 years, the agricultural sector remains highly subsidized. Agricultural producer support is projected to reach almost USD 1.8 trillion in 2030 (FAO/UNDP/UNEP 2021).

One of the hallmark accomplishments of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) was the inclusion of agriculture in a system of multilateral rules and disciplines, including disciplines governing domestic support.

After 50 years of success, multilateral trade liberalization, conducted under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is in a deadlock, as illustrated by the impasse in which the Doha Round is for almost 20 years.

Latin America, as a lead exporter of agricultural products, has a significant interest in open global markets. The region’s agriculture trade surplus has increased to U$54 billion in 2016-2018 from US$12 billion in 1996-1998.

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Mark Twain once warned, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Yet statistics are a fundamental tool for economic policy and decision-making by governments, international institutions, and even the private sector.

Climate change effects on agricultural yields will be uneven over the world. A few countries, mostly in high latitudes, may experience gains, while most will see average yield decrease.

Traditionally societies and their governments have pursued agricultural development to ensure adequate food is available and affordable and incomes of farm households keep pace with those of nonfarm households.

Global trade rules on the support governments can provide to their farm sectors need urgent reform if countries are to make progress on Agenda 2030—and in particular on Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to end hunger and malnutrition, ach

How can decisionmakers resolve the tension between optimal long-run policies and short-run initiatives to address food security concerns?

To better understand the likely impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean of developments in global trade, we modeled a set of four scenarios to see how escalating trade tensions would affect the region’s economies and the potential for a region

Trade tensions between the major world economies increased in 2018, and US tariff increases triggered reprisals and counter-reprisals.

Depuis juillet 2019, et un sommet de l'Union Africaine à Niamey (Niger), la Zone de Libre-Echange Continentale Africaine (ZLECA) est dans sa phase opérationnelle, après la signature tardive du traité par le Nigeria et le Bénin, et la ratification

In the event of large swings in world food prices, countries often intervene to dampen the impact of international food price spikes on domestic prices and lessen the burden of adjustment on vulnerable population groups.

US agricultural producers have been hard hit by the actions of Canada, China, Mexico, and other countries that have imposed tariffs against US agricultural products in retaliation for adverse trade actions from the Trump administration against the