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See also
> Members’ transparency
toolkit
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The Agriculture Committee back to top
Officially, the Committee on Agriculture
(CoA). For the Doha Round negotiations, the committee also meets
in separate “special sessions”.
Mandate
To oversee the
Agriculture Agreement’s
implementation; to provide members the opportunity to consult on
issues related to the implementation of their commitments —
General Council Decision
WT/L/43
of 31 January 1995.
Organization of work and working procedures
This is set out in document G/AG/1 adopted 28 March 1995.
The review process
The questions members ask each other
under the review of notifications is part of the committee’s key
responsibility of overseeing how countries are complying with
their commitments. They can also raise any concerns about
developments in members’ agricultural policies. See
Art.18
Implementation issues and concerns
Net-food importing developing countries
Export subsidies and agricultural trade
The committee reviews annually the “normal growth of world
agricultural trade in the context of export subsidy commitments”.
- Mandate:
Art.18.5
of the Agriculture Agreement
- Secretariat background note
- Search for reports
below
See also
Food security — How well is agricultural trade policy providing secure supplies of food? Find accounts of work in the WTO, analysis and debate here
Documents and data back to top
Agriculture Committee proceedings
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Search Documents Online
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- Annual reports of the committee to
the Goods Council (for the
General Council’s overview of WTO activities) (Document code varies) > search > help
- Summary reports
(the official record) of regular meetings of the Agriculture Committee (Document code G/AG/R/*) > search > help
- Questions and answers
from members in Agriculture Committee meetings, released publicly since the March 2010 meeting (Document code G/AG/W/* and “points raised by members under the review process”) > search > help
See also:
> Notified information and questions and answers in the committee: Agriculture Information Management System
> agriculture negotiations documents |
Other data
and official documents on agriculture
> Tariff database
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