Time to act on agriculture to preserve multilateral trade agreements.

Publication: On The Plate

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The members of the World Trade Organization have tried again this week to agree on sensitive agriculture issues. Expectations were low for achieving any breakthroughs. Nevertheless the continuing inability to move vigorously forward on those issues highlights the increasing threat to the multilateral negotiating system. In times when many countries negotiate and conclude bilateral and regional trade agreements, the often slow-moving negotiations on...

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