WTO agricultural negotiations chair proposes new working plan for 2019

The chair of agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization has moved to implement his proposal for a new working plan for 2019 that includes seven working groups to cover top-priority issues twice a month. The proposal, which a Geneva trade official called unprecedented, was put forward at the Dec. 6-7 special session of the WTO Committee on Agriculture. The proposed working group meetings would be in addition to the regular and special session monthly committee meetings, according to the...