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    <description>World Trade Organization — News Harvest — The WTO's regular food and farm policy trade news round-up</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 41: Farmers, Business Groups, React to Shifting Trade Landscape</title>
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        <![CDATA[Farmers and business groups have reacted to higher tariffs on food and farm goods, as trade risks overshadow well-supplied agricultural markets. The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement has entered into force; and UN agencies now estimate the number and share of hungry people in the world fell in recent years. ]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-farmers-business-groups-react-to-shifting-trade-landscape</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 34: Acute Food Insecurity Worsening, As Tariff Uncertainty Persists</title>
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        <![CDATA[Acute food insecurity is set to worsen, the World Food Programme has told WTO members, as leaders express concern about how new trade restrictions could affect markets for food and agriculture.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/wto-news-harvest-acute-food-insecurity-worsening-as-tariff-uncertainty-persists</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 39: Ministers Highlight Trade Policy Uncertainty, Seek Agriculture Reform</title>
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        <![CDATA[Ministers have urged progress on agriculture reform as trade tensions overshadow markets. Avian influenza has prompted new poultry import bans, with vaccinations among steps that could help protect animal health and safe trade in food.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-ministers-highlight-trade-policy-uncertainty-seek-agriculture-reform</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 38: Step Forward in Easing Trade Tensions, As Farmers Urge Action</title>
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        <![CDATA[The WTO Director-General has welcomed steps to ease trade tensions between the US and China, as farmers urge leaders to tackle the consequences of the trade crisis for agricultural producers and global markets.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-step-forward-in-easing-trade-tensions-as-farmers-urge-action</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 37: Goods Trade Set to Contract, as Tariffs Hit Food and Farm Sector</title>
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        <![CDATA[New WTO analysis shows global goods trade is set to contract in 2025, as tariff risks and uncertainty overshadow markets for food and agriculture.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/wto-news-harvest-goods-trade-set-to-contract-as-tariffs-hit-food-and-farm-sector</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 April 2025 10:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 36: WTO Members Seek Dialogue on Tariffs in Agriculture, Other Sectors</title>
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        <![CDATA[Canada and China have requested WTO consultations with the US, as farmers and business associations express concern about the impact of tariffs and retaliatory measures on markets for food and agriculture.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-wto-members-seek-dialogue-on-tariffs-in-agriculture-other-sectors</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 March 2025 12:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 35: WTO Director-General Cautions Prudence as Trade Tensions Fluster Farm Sector</title>
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        <![CDATA[WTO mechanisms can help resolve trade tensions between countries, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, as the agricultural sector monitors how markets could be affected by recently announced measures.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-wto-director-general-cautions-prudence-as-trade-tensions-fluster-farm-sector</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 February 2025 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 34: Agriculture Ministers to Meet as Global Heat Records Broken</title>
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        <![CDATA[Agriculture ministers are set to meet in Berlin as global temperatures break new records. African leaders have agreed to enhance trade as part of their new agriculture strategy, while agencies warn that urgent attention is needed to address avian influenza in cattle.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-agriculture-ministers-to-meet-as-global-heat-records-broken</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 January 2025 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 33: Food Security "Breakthrough" Needed, WTO DG Says</title>
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        <![CDATA[A breakthrough in WTO agriculture talks is needed to improve food security, DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, as the FAO launches a major new report on trade and nutrition, and as three preferential trade deals are concluded.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-food-security-breakthrough-needed-wto-dg-says</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 December 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 32: Farm and Forestry Reforms Can Spur Climate Progress, Agencies Say</title>
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        <![CDATA[As UN climate talks begin in Baku, and WTO agriculture negotiations struggle to make progress, international agencies have released three major reports calling for policy reforms in agriculture, food, and forestry.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-farm-and-forestry-reforms-can-spur-climate-progress-agencies-say</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 November 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 31: Food Trade "Vital", WTO DG Says, Amid Rising Tensions, Uncertainty</title>
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        <![CDATA[Lower trade barriers have improved the availability of food, the WTO Director-General has said, as new data show trade in food and farm goods fell slightly in the first half of 2024, while geopolitical tensions and uncertainty overshadow projected goods trade growth.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-food-trade-vital-wto-dg-says-amid-rising-tensions-uncertainty</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 October 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 30: Trade-Led Growth Has Driven Down Poverty, Malnutrition, WTO Report Finds</title>
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        <![CDATA[New WTO analysis finds that trade-led economic growth in recent decades has helped narrow income gaps, lowering poverty and malnutrition, as UN agencies say hunger numbers have plateaued since 2021.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-trade-led-growth-has-driven-down-poverty-malnutrition-wto-report-finds</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 September 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 29: Demand for Food and Farm Goods Set to Shift, Agencies Say</title>
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        <![CDATA[Food and agriculture consumption patterns are set to shift between global regions in the coming decade, a new report says, as trade officials grapple with new challenges on global markets.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-demand-for-food-and-farm-goods-set-to-shift-agencies-say</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 July 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 28: WIPO Member States Agree New Treaty on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge</title>
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        <![CDATA[A new WIPO treaty will require patent applicants to disclose additional information about inventions involving genetic resources. UN climate talks have made progress on food and agriculture, while new trade measures have been introduced as frost, drought, and floods hit producers.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-wipo-member-states-agree-new-treaty-on-genetic-resources-traditional-knowledge</link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 18 June 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 27: WTO Members Agree on Steps to Address Acute Food Insecurity</title>
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        <![CDATA[WTO members have agreed on steps to address acute food insecurity, as new figures show economic shocks, conflict, and climate change are continuing to undermine people's ability to access adequate food and nutrition.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-wto-members-agree-on-steps-to-address-acute-food-insecurity</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 26: Cocoa Prices Break Records as Climate Extremes Hit African Output</title>
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        <![CDATA[Cocoa prices have skyrocketed, following climate shocks and disease outbreaks in West Africa. India has reported new figures on its agricultural domestic support, and the WTO has released a major report forecasting a global trade rebound.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-cocoa-prices-break-records-as-climate-extremes-hit-african-output</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 25: Trade Ministers Unable to Agree Path Forward on Food, Agriculture, at MC13</title>
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        <![CDATA[Trade ministers have shared their reactions as the WTO's thirteenth ministerial conference ends with no agreement on how to advance the organisation's long-running negotiations on food and agriculture.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-trade-ministers-unable-to-agree-path-forward-on-food-agriculture-at-mc13</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 24: WTO DG Urges Outcome in Vital Talks on Food, Agriculture</title>
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        <![CDATA[Negotiations on trade in food and agriculture have intensified ahead of the WTO's 13th ministerial conference, while food security concerns remain amid persistent price inflation in many developing countries.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-agriculture-wto-dg-urges-outcome-in-vital-talks-on-food-agriculture</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 23: Agriculture Ministers to Meet Amid Trade Disruptions</title>
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        <![CDATA[As agriculture ministers from different world regions prepare to meet in Berlin ahead of the WTO's 13th ministerial conference, trade restrictions and supply chain disruptions are high on the agenda.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-agriculture-ministers-to-meet-amid-trade-disruptions</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 22: COP28: Leaders Agree Food Systems Declaration Highlighting Trade, Climate Action</title>
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        <![CDATA[As the UN climate conference concludes, a declaration on food systems says signatories intend to strengthen the trading system as part of their efforts to tackle climate change. At the WTO, negotiators have tabled new proposals on agriculture and food ahead of the organisation's 13th ministerial conference in February.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-cop28-leaders-agree-food-systems-declaration-highlighting-trade-climate-action</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 21: Food and Farming: $10 Trillion in Hidden Costs, As Support Hits New Record</title>
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        <![CDATA[Two major new reports highlight the hidden environmental, health, and social costs of food and farming, and examine rising support to the sector, as WTO talks intensify ahead of the organisation's thirteenth Ministerial Conference in February 2024.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-food-and-farming-10-trillion-in-hidden-costs-as-support-hits-new-record</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 20: Short Window of Opportunity in WTO Talks, DG Says, As Food and Farm Trade Growth Slows</title>
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        <![CDATA[Negotiators have a "window of opportunity" in ongoing trade talks, the DG has said, as the WTO lowers its 2023 trade growth forecast, and officials highlight sustainability concerns during the hottest September on record.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/news-harvest-short-window-opportunity-wto-talks-dg-says-food-farm-trade-growth-slows</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 19: Export Bans Drive Up Rice Prices, As WTO Senior Officials Meeting Draws Near</title>
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        <![CDATA[Rice export restrictions have driven up prices, while grain markets have been volatile since the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Breakthroughs in the WTO agriculture negotiations will be crucial in addressing challenges facing the sector, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, as senior officials prepare to meet in Geneva at the end of October.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/wto/export-bans-rice-prices-wto-negotiations-food-black-sea</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 18: Hunger Outlook Daunting, UN Agencies Warn, as WTO Talks Intensify</title>
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        <![CDATA[A new report from UN agencies says ending hunger represents a daunting challenge, as WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expresses her "grave concern" about the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and WTO negotiators intensify talks on farm policy reform ahead of the organisation's 13th ministerial conference in February 2024.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/4af63b1fe8e7/news-harvest-hunger-outlook-daunting-un-agencies-warn-as-wto-talks-intensify</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 17: WTO DG Highlights Trade as Food Price Inflation Persists</title>
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        <![CDATA[Trade is central to improving food security, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said, as food price inflation remains high in many countries.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/41847daa8fb7/news-harvest-wto-dg-highlights-trade-as-food-price-inflation-persists</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 16: Economic Shocks Driving Acute Food Insecurity, New Report Finds</title>
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        <![CDATA[Acute food insecurity is worsening, driven by economic shocks, a new report finds. Food prices have risen for the first time in a year, as WTO negotiators continue to pursue progress on food security ahead of their next ministerial conference.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/c0958e24e380/news-harvest-economic-shocks-driving-acute-food-insecurity-new-report-finds</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 17:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 15: Food Security: Inter-Agency Report to G20 Highlights Trade, Fertilizers</title>
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        <![CDATA[A new inter-agency report to the G20 on food security highlights the need for coordinated action on trade and fertilizers, including by revitalising WTO negotiations on agriculture to address both short-term and long-term challenges.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/a6ffbf7085cc/news-harvestfood-security-inter-agency-report-to-g20-highlights-trade-fertilizers</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 14: Black Sea Grain Initiative To Be Extended</title>
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        <![CDATA["Vital" agreements on grain exports from the Black Sea region are set to continue, after G20 foreign ministers signal their support for joint action to address food insecurity, and WTO talks on agricultural trade pick up amidst ongoing uncertainty on global markets.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/cec238105a7c/news-harvest-black-sea-grain-initiative-to-be-extended</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 13: WTO Agriculture Talks Restart with New Chair</title>
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        <![CDATA[WTO members have agreed on a new Chair to facilitate talks on agriculture in the run-up to the next Ministerial Conference in 2024, against a backdrop of persistent food insecurity, and a succession of high-level statements highlighting the importance of trade and well-functioning markets.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/8dcf81b02a9f/news-harvest-wto-agriculture-talks-restart-with-new-chair</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 12: Biodiversity Deal Reached Ahead of Agriculture Ministers Meeting</title>
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        <![CDATA[Agriculture Ministers will meet to discuss food systems transformation in Berlin, one month after agreement was reached to address subsidies harmful to biodiversity at the Convention on Biodiversity's 15th Conference of Parties.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/c88d78063244/news-harvest-biodiversity-deal-reached-ahead-of-agriculture-ministers-meeting</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 11: Food and Farm Trade Rules Need Updating, Leaders Say, As Goods Demand Slows</title>
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        <![CDATA[G20 leaders have reaffirmed the need to update global agricultural food trade rules, as new figures show goods demand is set to slow, and trade restrictions rise again against a background of economic uncertainty.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/38da5dd1dbbc/news-harvest-food-and-farm-trade-rules-need-updating-leaders-say-as-goods-demand-slows</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 10: COP27: Trade Must Contribute to Climate Action, Food Security, WTO DG Says</title>
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        <![CDATA[As world leaders meet for the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, the WTO Director-General has underscored the importance of trade in contributing to climate action and improving food security.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/c2ccfece7a75/news-harvest-cop27-trade-must-contribute-to-climate-action-food-security-wto-dg-says</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 9: Farm Trade Reform Urgent As Trade Outlook Worsens</title>
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        <![CDATA[Agricultural trade reform is urgent, WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said, as the trade growth outlook worsens and low-income countries face difficulties financing food imports.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/14c0f64fe76a/news-harvest-farm-trade-reform-urgent-as-trade-outlook-worsens</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 8: Black Sea grain deal eases food price pressures</title>
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        <![CDATA[Food prices have fallen from record peaks earlier this year, as grain exports from Ukraine resume, and some trade restrictions are lifted.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/b9ca7e163638/news-harvest-black-sea-grain-deal-eases-food-price-pressures</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 7: Farm policy reform key as hunger numbers rise, agencies say</title>
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        <![CDATA[A series of new reports from international agencies have called for farm policies to be urgently reformed to help tackle public policy challenges ranging from global hunger to climate change.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/5f824f8b6b8b/news-harvest-farm-policy-reform-key-as-hunger-numbers-rise-agencies-say</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 6: WTO Ministerial Conference Agrees Food Crisis Response</title>
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        <![CDATA[The WTO's twelfth ministerial conference has agreed a package of measures to respond to the growing food crisis, but without giving further political direction to the ongoing agriculture negotiations.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/979e589a24ff/news-harvest-wto-ministerial-conference-agrees-food-crisis-response</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 5: Ministers Must Act as Food Crisis Looms — WTO Director-General</title>
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        <![CDATA[With food prices near all-time highs, trade ministers need to deliver an outcome on food security when they meet at the WTO's twelfth ministerial conference in June, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/21b9087cecd5/news-harvestministers-must-act-as-food-crisis-looms-wto-director-general</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 4: Food Trade in Spotlight as Conflict Pushes Prices to Record Highs</title>
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        <![CDATA[Conflict in Ukraine is disrupting markets for food and farm goods ahead of the WTO's twelfth ministerial conference in June, raising fears that record prices could harm poor consumers in food-importing countries.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/5716ee5a2523/news-harvest-food-trade-in-spotlight-as-conflict-pushes-prices-to-record-highs</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 3: Ukraine: WTO Director-General highlights impact of conflict on people, food prices</title>
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        <![CDATA[The WTO Director-General and heads of other international agencies have highlighted the human and economic costs of conflict in Ukraine, and the potential for trade disruptions to affect prices of food, farm goods, fertilisers, and fuel.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/cbfaaeb53445/news-harvest-ukraine-wto-director-general-highlights-impact-of-conflict-on-people-food-prices</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 2: Ministers Urge Action on Farm Trade, Sustainability Challenges</title>
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        <![CDATA[Successive meetings among groups of ministers emphasised the need for tangible progress on trade and farm policy reform, against a backdrop of ongoing market instability, and the continuing debate over the sustainability of food and agriculture.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/5c6cf3918238/news-harvest-ministers-urge-action-on-farm-trade-sustainability-challenges</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Issue 1: Policymakers grapple with high food prices, pandemic, as 2022 begins</title>
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        <![CDATA[Government officials at the WTO and in national capitals face near-record food prices and ongoing pandemic disruption as 2022 begins. Meanwhile, regional and bilateral talks continue to shape markets for farm goods, with the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia signing a trade deal, Ecuador seeking to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the East African Community starting talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]>
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      <link>https://mailchi.mp/5a753f7d3526/news-harvest-issue-no-1</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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