Committee on Agriculture - IICA in the WTO Committee on Agriculture Work Plan II: October 2011 to December 2012 - Submission by IICA
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Organization G/AG/GEN/95
21 October 2011 (11 5272) Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish
IICA IN THE WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE WORK PLAN II: OCTOBER 2011 TO DECEMBER 2012
Submission by IICA
The following submission, dated 18 October 2011, is being circulated at the request of the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
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BACKGROUND
Agricultural policy and negotiations, and trade in agricultural products are among IICA's ongoing priorities. Since the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the inclusion of agriculture in the multilateral trade negotiations, IICA has adapted its cooperation activities to the new realities affecting the agriculture sector, and has analysed their impact on the agrifood sector from the political standpoint.
The subject took on a new dimension with the launching in November 2003 of a new WTO round of multilateral trade negotiati