Ag groups urge WTO reform, continued U.S. membership

More than 60 agriculture groups defended U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization this week, advocating for reforms and a new director-general who could usher them forward. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer , the groups argued that WTO membership has significantly benefitted U.S. agriculture, which sends nearly a quarter of all its production to foreign markets. “The existing WTO rules and the day-to-day work of its committees and secretariat to provide transparency and accountability from its...