WTO ag committee chair set to release text for potential MC12 outcome

The chair of the World Trade Organization agriculture negotiations will release a negotiating text next week as members move to text-based talks ahead of the upcoming ministerial conference where they will aim to deliver an agreement. The agriculture negotiations are fraught and have not delivered an outcome in years, with key members disagreeing on most issues. While most countries agree negotiators should try to deliver something for the 12th ministerial conference, which begins in late November, they so far have...