The upcoming WTO Ministerial in late November will provide yet another opportunity to address and reform agricultural domestic support. The domestic support pillar has been at the heart of the agricultural negotiations since they began in 2000, but it has proven challenging to achieve consensus on how to advance reforms. In fact, domestic support levels remain high and have risen in recent years. 

This event will discuss a recent report by IFPRI researchers that suggests that new disciplines could both reduce distortions and provide significant protection in the event of a subsidy war by reducing “leakage” in domestic support disciplines. 

Speakers

• Joseph Glauber, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)
• David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)

Discussants

• Nelson Illescas, Director en Fundación, Instituto Para Las Negociaciones Agrícolas Internacionales (INAI)

• Lee Ann Jackson, Head of Division, Agro-food Trade and Markets, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Closing Remarks

• Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Moderator

• Valeria Piñeiro, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI