Articles on Trade related Matters
Please refer to the main Trade Policy page to access Gafta policy positions.
COVID-19
- GPC-Gafta position paper on "Strengthening the Global Food Chain during Covid19 pandemic
- CELCAA - A vision for post-COVID-19
- CELCAA - Recommendations for Economic Recovery post-COVID-19
General Trade Policy
- Statement calling for WTO members to find an interim solution to make progress on current deadlock in Appellate Body
- Electronic Phytosanitary Certificate - industry involvement in ePhyto project
- ePhyto case studies update
- Pesticide MRLs, the SPS Agreement and the Role of the Private Sector - WTO - Nov. 2017
- The lack of harmonised regulation on food safety and security, for Swiss Commodities Magazine, March 2017 page 9
- Promoting International Trade, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation, page 14
- Zero Tolerance Policies impede trade, food security and innovation, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation November 2016 page 5
- Brexit: When dreams meet realities, for Pulse Pod, Global Pulses Confederation, September 2016 page 4
Food and Feed Safety
- IGTC Policy on Low Level Presence - June 2019
- IGTC policy on Plant Breeding Innovation - May 2019
- 22 European Associations open letter to Member States on the EU Court Ruling on Mutagenesis - April 2019
- Policy position on IPPC and Phytosanitary Measures for Grain - November 2016
- Plant Breeding Innovation - August 2016
- Letter to Mr Juncker on Approval of "3 Soyabean Traits" - June 2016
- GMO Approvals in EU - Letter to DG Santé on EU Approval of Pending GM Products for Import, Food and Feed Processing - March 2016
- IGTC Policy on Cartagena Biosafety Protocol - June 2016
- Low-Level Presence (LLP) Risk Management Polices for Transboundary Movements of Grains and Grain Products for Food, Feed or Processing - September 2013
- EU Organic Farming Legislation - November 2014
- EU Official Food and Feed Controls Legislation - January 2014
- Feed Law Code of Practice Review - UK Food Standards Agency - December 2013
International Agri Food Network Private Sector Mechanism
- IAFN Activity Report 2020
- FSS PSM Position Paper
- PSM Gender Position Paper
- PSM perspectives on agroecological and other innovative approaches
- IAFN Call to Action - International Year of Plant Health 2020
- Position on Sustainable Development Goals - indicator 2.4.1 (March 2019)
- Position on Sustainable Consumption and Production (March 2019)
- Achieving the SDGs - PSM Position Paper (October 2018)
- Agroecology - IAFN Recommendations (March 2018)
- Agroecology - IAFN Position Paper (March 2018)
- Agroecology - IAFN Definitions (March 2018)
- Coalition for an Enhanced Codex - Case Studies 2017-2018
- Coalition for an Enhanced Codex - 2017 Annual Report
- Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture - PSM Position Paper - January 2017
- Achieving the SDGs - PSM Position Paper - January 2017
- Sustainable Development Goals, Partnership Forum FAO, Final report - October 2016
- Land Tenure - Key Messages - June 2016
- Global Strategic Framework - June 2016
- Trade For Food Security and Nutrition - May 2016
- Livestock - April 2016
- Water for Food Security and Nutrition - October 2015
- Strengthening CFS Reform Outcomes - August 2015
- Improving Smallholder Access to Markets to Enhance Food and Nutrion Security - May 2015
- Sustainable Development Goals - PSM Statement - February 2013
Pesticides
- Codex enhancement - IAFN position paper
- Codex Coalition position paper
- Elevating the Trade function at Codex
- 6 key messages for Codex enhancement
- Gafta response to the EU Refit consultation
- WTO SPS Committee Work on MRLs
- Industry approaches to proactively mitigate missing MRLs
- Missing MRLs in Destination Market - Peruvian
- Economic Impact of Missing MRLs: The Case of Eastern Africa
- International workshop on MRLs - agenda
- Letter to DG SANTE on Excessive National Restrictions on Imports from Countries where Authorised PPPs can be used
- Endocrine Disruptors - Gafta's Submission to Public Consultation on Defining Criteria for Identifying Endocrine Disruptors
- Clarification on the IARC Classification of Glyphosate - June 2015
- Coalition for Codex MRL Reform - Supporting Codex Alimentarius to Support Food Security
- WTO Ministerial Statement on MRLs - December 2017
- Gafta Press Release on WTO Ministerial Statement on MRLs
- WTO: 16 countries voice concern over EU implementing non tariff barriers on agricultural products at WTO - July 2019
Trade
- CELCAA calls on EU Ministers to to recognise trade as a key element of a resilient food supply chain
- CELCAA position on EU Trade Policy
- Gafta Position on Free Trade Agreements
- Joint EU statement on proposal to revise Comitology rules
- CELCAA Manifesto: Beyond "Trade for All": Time to promote the benefits of agri-food trade
Transportation
Brexit
Mifid II
- EU Mifid II requirements for the grain trade - December 2017
- Presentation on Financial Legislation by Norton Rose Fulbright for Gafta Seminar, Geneva, 8 March 2017
- COCERAL working group questions on Ancillary Activity Exemption to ESMA 9 February 2017
- Supply Chain Joint Letter on RTS 21
- ESMA Consultation on Draft technical standards - trade reply-14 December 2016
- Joint Call for a Functional Capital Test as an Option for Operators in the Agri-Food Chain - June 2016
- COCERAL Letter on RTS Reviews - April 2016
- Gafta Response - ESMA Consultation on EU Financial Regulation - March 2015
- UK Bank of England - The Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) - January 2015
- Gafta Response - ESMA Consultation on EU Financial Regulation (Commodity Derivatives) - July 2014
- Gafta Response - ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Consultation Paper - May 2014 Answers on pp. 43-48 (Definition of Financial Instrument)
- Gafta Response - ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Discussion Paper - May 2014 Answers on pp. 71-81 (Ancillary Exemption/Position Limits)