Jonathan Hepburn
@hepburnjc.bsky.social
Working on #trade + markets for #food and #agriculture; own views, repost ≠ agree. Interested in how governments can work together to achieve shared public policy goals.
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Happy #WorldFoodDay! In this month's "News Harvest":
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
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#WTOAg
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
Also in this month's edition:
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
"Harmful subsidies should be part of the trade and climate conversation," WTO DG @noiweala.bsky.social said in remarks at #COP30.
New OECD data: $624bn p.a. in +ve support to individual producers in 2022-24 (due to both border measures and budgetary outlays); $179bn in -ve support.
More: 👇
New OECD data: $624bn p.a. in +ve support to individual producers in 2022-24 (due to both border measures and budgetary outlays); $179bn in -ve support.
More: 👇
📢 In this month's "News Harvest":
▶️#COP30: DG @noiweala.bsky.social highlights ag reform
▶️New @oecdagriculture.bsky.social farm support data out
▶️China, US, extend suspension of additional duties
Read: bit.ly/4nZMnil
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#WTOAg
▶️#COP30: DG @noiweala.bsky.social highlights ag reform
▶️New @oecdagriculture.bsky.social farm support data out
▶️China, US, extend suspension of additional duties
Read: bit.ly/4nZMnil
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Harmful subsidies should be part of the trade and climate conversation," WTO DG @noiweala.bsky.social said in remarks at #COP30.
New OECD data: $624bn p.a. in +ve support to individual producers in 2022-24 (due to both border measures and budgetary outlays); $179bn in -ve support.
More: 👇
New OECD data: $624bn p.a. in +ve support to individual producers in 2022-24 (due to both border measures and budgetary outlays); $179bn in -ve support.
More: 👇
ICYMI.
🌾 How can the @wto.org foster #ClimateResilient #FoodSystems in #LDCs?
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
In this 🆕 brief, @fcalvo.bsky.social offers 11 recommendations to leverage rules on #AgSubsidies, intellectual property & export restrictions to support LDCs.
🔗 Read it here: www.iisd.org/publications...
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ICYMI.
Including recent policy developments in the US, India, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, EU, and Ukraine. More: 👇
#AMISMarketMonitor November edition is out! Global supplies for #wheat, #maize, and #rice remain ample, with mostly favorable crop conditions supporting a decline in prices. The outlook is clouded by policy uncertainty and evolving trade policies.
👉 www.amis-outlook.org/market-monitor
👉 www.amis-outlook.org/market-monitor
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Including recent policy developments in the US, India, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, EU, and Ukraine. More: 👇
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@unep.org #EmissionsGap Report is clear: While new national climate plans have delivered some progress, we are off track to deliver #ParisAgreement goals.
But proven solutions exist. Ambitious #ClimateAction can deliver growth, jobs, energy security, resilience & more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But proven solutions exist. Ambitious #ClimateAction can deliver growth, jobs, energy security, resilience & more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@unep.org #EmissionsGap Report is clear: While new national climate plans have delivered some progress, we are off track to deliver #ParisAgreement goals.
But proven solutions exist. Ambitious #ClimateAction can deliver growth, jobs, energy security, resilience & more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But proven solutions exist. Ambitious #ClimateAction can deliver growth, jobs, energy security, resilience & more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Investment in agricultural knowledge and innovation systems has dropped to just 0.5% of sector value, not enough to reverse slowing productivity growth.
More trends in agricultural policy ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
More trends in agricultural policy ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Investment in agricultural knowledge and innovation systems has dropped to just 0.5% of sector value, not enough to reverse slowing productivity growth.
More trends in agricultural policy ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
More trends in agricultural policy ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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NEWS: Judge orders USDA to fund food aid for millions of Americans ahead of Nov. 1 SNAP cliff.
It's not yet clear if the administration will comply or appeal the decision. Even if they do, administrative hurdles could delay benefits for days or even weeks.
For @politico.com
It's not yet clear if the administration will comply or appeal the decision. Even if they do, administrative hurdles could delay benefits for days or even weeks.
For @politico.com
Judge orders Trump administration to fund food aid for millions of Americans
The decision, in response to a lawsuit from nonprofits and cities, comes ahead of a Saturday funding cliff for the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NEWS: Judge orders USDA to fund food aid for millions of Americans ahead of Nov. 1 SNAP cliff.
It's not yet clear if the administration will comply or appeal the decision. Even if they do, administrative hurdles could delay benefits for days or even weeks.
For @politico.com
It's not yet clear if the administration will comply or appeal the decision. Even if they do, administrative hurdles could delay benefits for days or even weeks.
For @politico.com
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
The Dust Bowl. Great Depression. World War II. Out of these crises, @FAO was created to ensure global food security. On #WorldFoodDay marking FAO's 80th anniversary, we remember it's our shared responsibility to ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious & sustainably produced food. Photo: FAO
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Dust Bowl. Great Depression. World War II. Out of these crises, @FAO was created to ensure global food security. On #WorldFoodDay marking FAO's 80th anniversary, we remember it's our shared responsibility to ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious & sustainably produced food. Photo: FAO
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
Happy #WorldFoodDay! In this month's "News Harvest":
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy #WorldFoodDay! In this month's "News Harvest":
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
Also in this month's edition:
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
Happy #WorldFoodDay! In this month's "News Harvest":
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
▶️Food, ag trade grows 7%, amid dim 2026 outlook
▶️DG @noiweala.bsky.social: disruptions are call to "reimagine trade"
▶️Uncertainty: ag negotiators in "pragmatic" mood
Read: bit.ly/48zsUBa
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A
#WTOAg
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Also in this month's edition:
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
* Food prices dip, as meat prices break record
* Trade measures hit cotton markets
* UN says African ag vulnerable as AGOA expires
* @fao.org: moderate progress on half the food + ag SDGs
More: 👇
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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🌾 How can trade deliver for #Agriculture?
If you have any ideas, come share them at a session for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, held alongside the @wto.org #MC14.
Apply before October 31, 2025 ➡️ iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
If you have any ideas, come share them at a session for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, held alongside the @wto.org #MC14.
Apply before October 31, 2025 ➡️ iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🌾 How can trade deliver for #Agriculture?
If you have any ideas, come share them at a session for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, held alongside the @wto.org #MC14.
Apply before October 31, 2025 ➡️ iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
If you have any ideas, come share them at a session for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, held alongside the @wto.org #MC14.
Apply before October 31, 2025 ➡️ iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
In the first six months of the year, trade in food and in agricultural goods grew by 7% compared to the same period in 2024. More 👇:
AI goods and frontloading lift world trade in 2025 but outlook dims for 2026 #WTOStats #GlobalTrade #WTOPublications
AI goods and frontloading lift world trade in 2025 but outlook dims for 2026
Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased spending on AI-related products, a surge in North American imports ahead of tariff hikes, and strong trade among the rest of the world. In response, WTO economists raised the 2025 merchandise trade growth forecast to 2.4% (up from 0.9% in August). However, the 2026 projection has been lowered to 0.5% (from 1.8%). Global services exports growth is expected to slow from 6.8% in 2024 to 4.6% in 2025 and 4.4% in 2026.
dlvr.it
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In the first six months of the year, trade in food and in agricultural goods grew by 7% compared to the same period in 2024. More 👇:
Among other things, this month's AMIS Market Monitor has the latest on soybeans - including the price drops in Argentina caused by changes in export taxes. More: 👇
#AMISMarketMonitor October edition is out! Harvests advance across hemispheres with overall good crop prospects, prices mostly easing except for firm soybeans, while trade tensions reshape flows and could weigh on future planting
👉 amis-outlook.org/market-monitor
👉 amis-outlook.org/market-monitor
amis-outlook.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Among other things, this month's AMIS Market Monitor has the latest on soybeans - including the price drops in Argentina caused by changes in export taxes. More: 👇
FAO food price index drops slightly - but meat prices are at record highs.
The benchmark of world food commodity prices declined slightly in September, led by drops in the sugar and dairy price indices, according to the new report released by @FAO.org.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#FAOFoodPriceIndex
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#FAOFoodPriceIndex
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
FAO food price index drops slightly - but meat prices are at record highs.
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
EU-Indonesia trade agreement concluded 🤝
❗️Important statement for rule-based trade in difficult times.
📢There is an alternative to the law of the strongest.
➡️The way forward: on an equal footing, developed jointly, for mutual benefit & based on rules.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
❗️Important statement for rule-based trade in difficult times.
📢There is an alternative to the law of the strongest.
➡️The way forward: on an equal footing, developed jointly, for mutual benefit & based on rules.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Trade Committee reactions to signing of trade agreement between EU and Indonesia | News | European Parliament
The EU and Indonesia have concluded today trade and investment deals that should boost EU export to the region, while ensuring environmental and social standards.
www.europarl.europa.eu
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
EU-Indonesia trade agreement concluded 🤝
❗️Important statement for rule-based trade in difficult times.
📢There is an alternative to the law of the strongest.
➡️The way forward: on an equal footing, developed jointly, for mutual benefit & based on rules.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
❗️Important statement for rule-based trade in difficult times.
📢There is an alternative to the law of the strongest.
➡️The way forward: on an equal footing, developed jointly, for mutual benefit & based on rules.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
AMIS Weekly Market News Summary – 19 September 2025
📌 Now available on the AMIS resources page: www.amis-outlook.org/resources
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#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
📌 Now available on the AMIS resources page: www.amis-outlook.org/resources
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#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
AMIS Weekly Market News Summary – 19 September 2025
📌 Now available on the AMIS resources page: www.amis-outlook.org/resources
📷 Subscribe to receive it by email: www.amis-outlook.org/subscription
#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
📌 Now available on the AMIS resources page: www.amis-outlook.org/resources
📷 Subscribe to receive it by email: www.amis-outlook.org/subscription
#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
WTO 🐟 subsidies agreement enters into force; farmers, business groups react to new trade measures; and the #SOFI2025 report contains welcome news on the drop in the number and prevalence of hungry people in 2024. More: 👇
📢 In this month's WTO "News Harvest":
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
September 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WTO 🐟 subsidies agreement enters into force; farmers, business groups react to new trade measures; and the #SOFI2025 report contains welcome news on the drop in the number and prevalence of hungry people in 2024. More: 👇
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
📢 In this month's WTO "News Harvest":
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢 In this month's WTO "News Harvest":
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
▶️Farm groups react to shifting trade landscape
▶️WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement enters into force
▶️UN highlights role of trade in food security #SOFI2025
▶️Food, farming on #WTOPublicForum agenda
Read: bit.ly/3HWZRg0
Subscribe: bit.ly/3QG7K9A #WTOAg
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force #fisheriessubsidies dlvr.it/TN4th8
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force
At a special General Council meeting on 15 September, WTO members celebrated the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which commits members to curbing billions of dollars in a...
dlvr.it
September 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force #fisheriessubsidies dlvr.it/TN4th8
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
Where are we on global trade today? Read my FT op Ed attached to find out or click on the link below.
ft.com/content/344ef0…
ft.com/content/344ef0…
September 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Where are we on global trade today? Read my FT op Ed attached to find out or click on the link below.
ft.com/content/344ef0…
ft.com/content/344ef0…
Several sessions on food + ag trade at the upcoming @wto.org Public Forum, 17-18 Sept. The programme is online here: www.wto.org/english/foru...
WTO | Public Forum 2025 - "Enhance, create, and preserve"
www.wto.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Several sessions on food + ag trade at the upcoming @wto.org Public Forum, 17-18 Sept. The programme is online here: www.wto.org/english/foru...
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
@ituc.bsky.social spot at the @wto.org Public Forum: Escalating Trade Conflicts: Impacts on Jobs and Livelihoods with speakers from @cutbrasil.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social #SACTWU and @aflcio.org www.wto.org/english/foru...
WTO | Public Forum 2025 - "Enhance, create, and preserve"
www.wto.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@ituc.bsky.social spot at the @wto.org Public Forum: Escalating Trade Conflicts: Impacts on Jobs and Livelihoods with speakers from @cutbrasil.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social #SACTWU and @aflcio.org www.wto.org/english/foru...
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
Reposted by Jonathan Hepburn
India has made decisive gains against hunger through digital tech, smarter governance and better service delivery. The next move: shifting from calories to nutrition. Full blog here: tinyurl.com/4kpuhyf6 #SOFI2025
India Can Turn Hunger Gains Into Lasting Change
India’s gains in fighting hunger are the result of its policy investments in food security.
tinyurl.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
India has made decisive gains against hunger through digital tech, smarter governance and better service delivery. The next move: shifting from calories to nutrition. Full blog here: tinyurl.com/4kpuhyf6 #SOFI2025