Ahead of the WTO ministerial conference to be held in Buenos Aires in December, the EU and Brazil, two of the largest agricultural producers in the world, on Monday 17 July put a proposal to reform domestic support for agricultural production on the table of the WTO talks.
The EU and Brazil are proposing to create a level playing field for the WTO member countries by limiting trade-distorting aid to agricultural production and adjusting aid to the size of the agricultural sector in each...