Jonathan Hepburn
hepburnjc.bsky.social
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.
In this month's edition of @wto.org's "News Harvest": the WTO Director-General has cautioned prudence, as ag markets watch for further trade policy developments.

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February 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In this month's @wto.org "News Harvest":

* Ag ministers meet in Berlin for the #GFFA, as the UN says global heat records have been broken.
* Trade is among topics covered by AU's new 10-year ag strategy
* "Urgent" attention to avian flu is needed, agencies say

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January 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In this month's edition of "News Harvest" from @wto.org:

* DG Okonjo-Iweala calls for a food security "breakthrough" in WTO ag talks;
* @fao.org launches a new report on trade and nutrition;
* 3 new FTAs (EU-Mercosur; ACCTS; EFTA-Thailand)

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December 13, 2024 at 10:08 AM
As COP29 opens in Baku, and WTO agriculture talks struggle to make progress, this month's edition of "News Harvest" looks at how farm, food, and forestry reforms can spur climate progress:

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November 13, 2024 at 10:43 AM
The WTO's monthly publication "News Harvest" is now out:

* WTO DG highlights "vital" role of food trade
* Rising geopolitical tensions, political uncertainty, overshadow forecast growth in goods trade

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October 16, 2024 at 12:50 PM
The WTO has published its regular round-up of news on food and farm trade policy, "News Harvest". In this month's issue:

* Trade-led growth has driven down poverty, malnutrition, WTO report finds
* FAO says global hunger numbers have plateaued

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September 17, 2024 at 8:32 AM
The WTO Public Forum is coming up next week - with many sessions on food + agriculture.

The WTO also publishes a regular round-up of food and farm policy news, "News Harvest", with the latest edition and all back copies online here: www.wto.org/english/trat...
September 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
An entertaining, enjoyable-to-read book about trade policy? Yes, it exists... This book by @dmitryopines.bsky.social is a great read. Highly recommended!
August 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
OECD releases new figures on support to agriculture in 2020-22: www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-...
October 30, 2023 at 3:53 PM