USDA trade counsel: WTO members should meet current obligations before new ag negotiations begin

Before World Trade Organization members embark on further agricultural negotiations, the U.S. wants them to live up to current obligations – including transparency requirements, according to Agriculture Department's trade counsel. Writing for the department's Foreign Agricultural Service this week, Jason Hafemeister addresses “what's next for agriculture” at the WTO following last month's ministerial in Buenos Aires. It's time, he said, for WTO members “to reflect, reset, and reinvigorate the agriculture negotiations to tackle the real-world international trade concerns that face...