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Articoli Correlati: International Grains Trade Coalition - International Cooperation - WTO

During the meetings of the International Grains Trade Coalition that were held on November 3^rd, 2020, it emerged that the outbreak of the pandemic has caused a new need for cooperation between not only different countries but also individuals and companies, in order to hope for a better growth and rebirth in the future. According to the intervention of Mr Alan Wolff, the Deputy Director-General of the WTO, many members of the organization are willing to, and are also ready to, promote international cooperation, help the information exchange also amongst businesses and aim at a more transparent trade. In this, as he defined it, ‘new normal’ we live in a depressed world economy and new and arising difficulties from this pandemic outbreak. Specifically, Mr Wolff stated that ‘First, WTO Members are in the process of updating current WTO rules as they relate to agriculture to meet current and future challenges. In that regard, the negotiations aim to: substantially reduce trade-distorting support, improve disciplines on export restrictions, enhance market access opportunities, and further improve export competition rules. Second, WTO bodies and the STDF routinely examine trade matters that are of utmost relevance to grains and oilseed trade, such as progress in adopting e-phyto certification; and the digitalization of customs procedures.’