U.S. ag industry groups to Tai: WTO negotiations need ‘a fresh start’

The World Trade Organization negotiations on agriculture need “a fresh start” to tackle both longstanding issues like market access and domestic support as well as new and emerging agricultural concerns like sustainability and climate change mitigation technologies, a collection of two dozen major U.S. agricultural groups says. “We believe the negotiations are at a crossroads, and that the post-MC12 environment in Geneva is conducive to efforts – already under discussion among some Members – to make a fresh start,” the...