State of the agricultural negotiations and prospects for progress at MC14

Joseph W. Glauber

Chapter 1 in Agricultural trade at a crossroads with Latin American, Caribbean, and African perspectives for post-MC14, 2026-06-30, pp p. 16-32 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Agricultural negotiations have largely been stalemated since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Members have struggled to fulfil in its entirety the mandate set out in Article 20 of the Agreement on Agreement (AOA), as well as other relevant Ministerial mandates. With the exception of a few outcomes, including those on Public Stockholding and the administration of Tariff Rate Quotas at the Ninth Ministerial Conference (MC9) in Bali in 2013, on Export Competition at MC10 in Nairobi in 2015, and on export restrictions for food aid in MC12 in Geneva, there has not been any substantive outcome in the agriculture negotiations since they were launched in 2000. The prospects for a substantive outcome at MC14 in Yaoundé remained limited, as sharp divisions persisted among Members on several critical issues, while recent trade actions have added further strain to the multilateral trading system and risk undermining progress achieved over the past three decades. I begin by reviewing progress in the so-called pillars of the AOA: domestic support, market access, and export competition. I then consider the areas of contention during the Doha Round negotiations, specifically the special safeguard mechanism (SSM), cotton, public stockholding (PSH), and export restrictions. I conclude with a broad assessment of the chances for meaningful progress and discuss some potential avenues beyond Yaoundé.

Keywords: trade agreements; trade; market access; exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06-30
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