WTO members consider post-MC13 next steps on agriculture

World Trade Organization members this week debated next steps to advance agriculture negotiations after failing to agree to any framework or roadmap for the talks at the 12th and 13th ministerial conferences, with some pushing to build on the text from MC13 while others, including the U.S., are skeptical. During an agriculture negotiations meeting on Tuesday, the first since MC13, members considered a new paper from Brazil that proposed a decision for the General Council meeting in July setting out...