SLIDE 1 WTO Agriculture Negotiations Before and After Buenos Aires: Implications for Indonesia
IRMA RUBINA SIANIPAR
CANADA-INDONESIA TRADE AND PRIVATE SECTOR ASSISTANCE PROJECT (TPSA) ON THE 11TH WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 10—13 DECEMBER 2017, BUENOS AIRES
SLIDE 2 Why agricultural sector ?
➢ In Developing Countries play
- Agriculture a crucial
- Rural Development role in redu-
➢ These sectors cing poverty
- contribute a large share of GDP
- primary source of employment
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Three Main Elements of the Agreement
Market Access Domestic Subsidies Export Subsidies
In addition, special concerns of developing countries and net food importing countries are also addressed.
SLIDE 4 MARKET ACCESS
Tariffication of Non Tariff Barriers (NTB’s) Reduction of Tariffs
➢ By a simple average of 36% over 6 years for developed countries
➢ By a simple average of 24% over 10 years for developing countries
Minimum Access
➢ Not les than 3%, rising to 5% by 2004 for developing countries
SLIDE 5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT
Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS)
- Product Specific
- Non-Product Specific
De Minimis Provisions
Three Categories of Domestic Support
- Green Box
- Blue Box
- Amber Box
SLIDE 6 DOMESTIC SUPPORT
Green Box measures include all publically funded government programmes which do not provide price support to producers. For example: Research, pest and desease control, marketing and promotion services, infrastructure, public stock holding, payments under environment programmes etc. *This measures are considered least trade distorting and hence are exempt from reduction.
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT
Blue Box refer to direct payments under production limiting programmes, which are also not subject to reduction commitments Amber Box include product specific support as well as non-product specific support extended to the farm sector. These are subject to reduction above the de minimis
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT
Other exemption include: Investment subsidies in the Agriculture Sector Input support to low income/resource poor farmers Support for diversification from illicit narcotic crops
SLIDE 9 EXPORT SUBSIDIES
Prohibited Otherwise subject to reduction commitments
- Value of Subsidy
- Quantity of Export
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Development of Agriculture Negotiation
2001 2003 2005 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
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Way forward to Buenos Aires Key issues in Agriculture that are expected to be deliverables in MC-11 Public stockholding for food security (PSH) Domestic Support Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) Transparency on Export Restriction and Prohibition
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Public Stockhoding for Food Security (PSH) Proposals:
JOB/AG/105 (G33 Group) JOB/AG/99 (EU, Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Uruguay) JOB/AG/118 (Russia & Paraguay) JOB/AG/125 (Norway & Singapore)
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Domestic Support Proposals:
JOB/AG/92 (CAIRNS Group) JOB/AG/99 ( EU & Brazil) JOB/AG/100 (NZ, Australia, Canada, & Paraguay) JOB/AG/114 (NZ, Australia, Canada, & Paraguay)
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Domestic Support Proposals Cont’d…
JOB/AG/102 (China & India) JOB/AG/112 ( ACP Group) JOB/AG/120 (Argentina) JOB/AG/124 (Mexico) JOB/AG/127 (Philipina) JOB/AG/126 (Chinese Taipei) JOB/AG/129 (Russia)
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Special Safeguard Mechanism Proposal JOB/AG/29 (G33 Group) followed by technical paper TN/AG/GEN/45 & JOB/AG/96 JOB/AG/111 (G33 Group)
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MAJOR COUNTRY POSITIONS
G33 USA, EU, Japan, Cairns Group
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WHAT HAPPENED IN BUENOS AIRES..?? Big gap amongst Members the United States played big part in blocking the progress NO DEAL ACHIEVED !!!...
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NO MEANINGFUL IMPLICATION OF MC -11 TO INDONESIA !!!...
No agreement in PSH interim solution on PSH (Bali Package) will remain in effect SSM as part of Nairobi package will also remain in effect
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WHAT CAN INDONESIA DO NEXT ?...
➢ Encourage the revival of agricultural negotiation ➢ Indonesia can analyses all offered proposals, tries to make more flexible position in the upcoming agriculture negotiations, observe in which Indonesia can play as mediator to encourage agreement, but of course .. Without neglect national interests !
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