Global Trade Policy Committee (GTPC)

Global Trade Policy Committee (GTPC)
Gafta's Global Trade Policy Committee has 18 representatives from 9 regions of the world and meets virtually four times a year, to consider issues of market access, phytosanitary and  international trade policy each quarter. GTPC formally approves all Gafta policy positions and reports to Gafta Council.

The aims of the committee are to:

• identify and prioritise market access and phytosanitary issues in real time which are potentially trade disruptive and which are to be reviewed quarterly by the committee and in collaboration with regional and local associations to promote trade facilitation.
• promote use of international standards where they exist ie Codex, ISO (UN FAO, WTO; IPPC, Codex, etc.) and support sound science-based policy decisions in all fields which takes a risk-based approach to regulatory decision making on food and feed safety to ensure supply of safe, sustainable and nutritious food and feed materials globally.
• engage with many trade associations at local, regional and international inputting Gafta's international perspective in various stakeholder groups including international associations such as Global Pulses Confederation, International Grain Trade Coalition and International Agri Food Network, to strengthen cooperation and align positions across the supply chain.