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The Bali Package – implications for trade and food security

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Document

Series title Trade policy briefs

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2013, agreement was reached on a small number of issues under negotiation in the long-running Doha Round of WTO Negotiations. The set of issues, broadly known as the Bali package after the location of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference during which the agreement was reached, comprised three main components, one of which related to the use of public procurement for food stockholding which can be used by developing countries in pursuit of food security objectives. This brief provides a concise explanation of the Bali package focusing on those elements which have direct implications for trade and related policies directed at improved food security. It also considers potential implications of trade and market policies more broadly for food security, drawing on discussions at an FAO side event held on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference. Finally, it suggests a number of avenues for providing support to countries in their negotiation of trade agreements as they relate to food security.

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