WTO ag committee aims for negotiating package by summer

The World Trade Organization agriculture negotiations chair last week told members his goal for the group is to develop options by the end of the summer that could serve as the basis for negotiations, which he hopes will lead to an agreement on an incremental package by the next ministerial conference in June 2020, according to a Geneva trade official. Since its inception, WTO members have struggled to negotiate additional commitments in agriculture. The last time members were able to...