The July 2004 WTO Framework Agreement foresees a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), to protect against depressed import prices and import surges for agricultural products, that is available to all developing countries. The SSM would in principle be applicable to all products. However, limits on the number of products for which a country can simultaneously apply additional duty under the SSM could be applied to prevent abuse

This technical note reviews major developments in the international food aid system and different positions on the effectiveness and impact of food aid. It also attempts to clarify the terminology, definitions and concepts used in discussions on food aid, with a view to improving the process of analysis and to help focus the debate under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Framework Agreement on Agriculture adopted on 1 August 2004, which...

Access for developing country exports to developed country markets on preferential terms has been a long standing component of multilateral trading arrangements. The main purpose of preferences is to promote increases in the volume and value of exports from developing countries, thereby contributing to their growth and development the logic being that through greater volumes of sales, on a more stable basis and at higher prices than would otherwise be...

Mercados agrícolas: tendencias y perspectivas En esta nota se tratan las tendencias y las perspectivas principales en cuanto a la producción, al consumo, al comercio y a los precios agrícolas, sobre la base de OCDE-FAO Perspectivas agrícolas 2017-2026.

En esta nota se describen las tendencias en el comercio agroalimentario, a escala mundial y según los grupos de ingresos a los que pertenecen los países, y se centra en las pautas comerciales de los países de ingresos bajos.

Basada en una publicación conjunta FAO-OMC, esta nota destaca la importancia de aplicar normas internacionales de seguridad alimentaria y la necesidad de los países de invertir en el fortalecimiento de sus propias capacidades en este sentido. Esto permitiría que el comercio se desarrollara de forma fluida y sin distorsiones