U.S., UK, EU, other WTO members pledge to keep ag markets open

More than two-dozen World Trade Organization members – including the U.S., the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico – have signed onto a joint statement in Geneva pledging to keep agricultural markets “open, predictable and transparent” amid concerns about a global food crisis. “We reaffirm the urgency and importance of maintaining open and predictable agricultural markets and trade to ensure the continued flow of food, as well as products, services and inputs essential for agricultural and food production...