The system of global agricultural and food trade is undergoing rapid processes of change, with important implications … change in agri-food trade, the increased consolidation in food supply chains, the proliferation of public and private food … implications are of these changes for developing countries, for their participation in international agricultural trade as well as …

In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee … on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information …

in the context of risk assessment for international standard-setting at CODEX and in WTO trade disputes. In particular …

What is the value of the WTO Committee on Agriculture? How much trade do countries talk about at the WTO? Do low … the period 1996-2016 (or 3% of total trade in agriculture); (ii) on average, when a Member receives a question the … discussed in the Committee is correlated with its share of global trade in agriculture; (iv) questions related to subsidies and …

The system of global agricultural and food trade is undergoing rapid processes of change, with important implications … change in agri-food trade, the increased consolidation in food supply chains, the proliferation of public and private food … implications are of these changes for developing countries, for their participation in international agricultural trade as well as …

role that trade will play in this agenda is neither clear, nor agreed. Yet an open, non-discriminatory, rules … date. Indeed, sustainable development is recognized as an objective in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade … Organization (WTO). With the aim of stimulating discussion, this paper asks the question of how trade, and WTO rules, can …

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

The unbundling of trade across regions offers unique opportunities for SMEs to integrate into global trade notably … factoring has a positive effect in allowing SMEs to access international trade, in countries in which it is available. Factoring …

Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after … the great financial crisis of 2008-09, the issue of trade finance re-emerged as a matter of urgency. While the current … difficulties in accessing trade credit. This is occurring notably in countries - particularly developing countries - in which …