Documentation

Tropical Products: A Forward-Looking Agenda

Tropical and Diversification Products: Strategic Options for Developing Countries (Draft)
Santiago Perry, November 2007

Trade Effects of SPS and TBT measures on Tropical Products (Draft)
Anne-Célia Disdier, Belay Fekadu, Carlos Murillo, and Sara A. Wong, November 2007

Value Chains and Tropical Products in a Changing Global Trade Regime (Draft)
Charles Mather, November 2007

The ACP Experience of Preference Erosion in the Banana and Sugar Sectors and Possible Policy Responses to Assist in Adjusting to Trade Changes
Paul Goodison, May 2007

A Comparison of the Barriers faced by Latin American and ACP countries' Exports of Tropical Products
Jean-Christophe Bureau, Anne-Celia Disdier and Priscila Ramos, June 2007

Tropical Products under Doha: Balancing Liberalisation and the Avoidance of Preference Erosion: A Contribution to the Current Debate on Tropical and Diversification Products Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan, June 2006

PPT PRESENTATIONS

Session 1: Setting the Scene

Current Trends in Tropical Commodity Trade, by Julio Paz

What is the State of Play in the WTO Negotiations on Tropical Products and Preference Erosion? What is the State of Play in the WTO Negotiations on Commodities and Tariff Escalation?, by Marie Chamay

PPT Presentation, by Olle Ostensson

Session 2: Tropical Products and Domestic Support

Analysis of Domestic Support for Tropical Products, by Andre Nassar and Saulo Nogueira

Accumulation of Subsidies: Is there a Cummulative Impact?, by Carlos Galperin

Session 3: Tropical Products and Market Access

Tropical Products and Market Access, by David Laborde

The ACP Experience of "Aid for Trade" Support in Response to Preference Erosion: What Lessons Can Be Derived from the ACP Banana and Sugar Sector Experiences? by Paul Goodison

Trade Effects of SPS and TBT Measures on Ecuadorian Banana and Pinneapple, by Sara Wong

Tropical Products and Market Access, by Maria Marta Rebizo

Tropical Products and Tariff Escalation, by Vandana Aggarwal

Session 4: Tropical Products and International Supply and Value Chains

Value Chains and Tropical Products, by Charles Mather

Lessons Learned from Value Chain Development, by Peter Zuurbier

Supply and Value Chain Issues in Tropical Products Trade: Kenya Horticulture, by Stephen Mbithi

Session 5: Biofuel Production and Trade

Biofuels, Climate Change and Land Use, by Jane Earley

Biofuel Production in Brazil, by Ariovaldo Luchiari Junior

PPt Presentation by Rubén Darío Lizarralde

Session 6: Tropical Products and Sustainable Agriculture

Tropical Products and Sustainable Agriculture, by Luis Fernando Laranja Fonseca, WWF-Brasil

Trade Liberalization Poverty and Environment: Improved Agriculture and Resources Management in the Tropics, by Chantal Line Carpentier

Trade in the Context of Agriculture, by Kent Nnadozie