Lars Brink

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

A great pleasure to thank Alejandro Sánchez (Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva) for insightful review of book by Brink and Orden “Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO: Experience and Prospects”. Review at FirstView of the World Trade Review at https://t.co/iyLy5DP2XK

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

@BobWolfeSPS Thank you, Robert! You reveal a previously unknown talent of yours - the ability to exaggerate.

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

Deeply humbled, immensely honored, immeasurably proud (and surprised). Why? At its conference in New Delhi this week the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) named me an Honorary Life Member. This is the IAAE’s highest honour. https://t.co/AjhjjBBalb

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

Very pleased to thank Prof. A. Ford Ramsey for well-informed review of book by Brink and Orden “Agricultural Domestic Support Under the WTO: Experience and Prospects”. Review in Cato Institute’s journal “Regulation”, Summer 2024 (downloadable) at https://t.co/V8cMbnxao7

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

@xAlan_Matthews Very insightful!

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Very strong piece by @TimothyDSnyder.

"Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won't. The whole point is that the strongman owes us nothing. We get abused and we get used to it."
https://t.co/SPnDw29DBd

[Peter Ungphakorn (also @coppetainpu.bsky.social) @CoppetainPU]

The World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference #MC13 starts on Monday.

One of the most difficult issues facing the #WTO ministers? Simply put: “PSH” is the biggest controversy in the WTO agriculture talks

But it doesn’t mean what people think

https://t.co/F85QuGrWFa

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO (Brink and Orden): VIDEO of Meet the Author book event at WTO on 5 December 2023 now at https://t.co/vaV6k56Caa Blog on book contents also at https://t.co/nD5PolTVH1

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

@garciav_a https://t.co/1Pk4Fop9mt

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

Appreciated WTO invitation to talk about domestic support book earlier today 5 December. Good turnout, well informed commentators with high level questions, engaged audience participants. Plus: WTO Library is handsome locale for this event, not the usual meeting room. Thanks WTO!

[OECD Agriculture ➡ Towards Better Food Policies @OECDagriculture]

Government support to #agriculture reached record highs in 2020-22.

Total annual support for the 54 countries monitored reached USD 851 billion, more than double what it was at the beginning of the century 📈🌍

Learn more: https://t.co/v1WJiZGDdQ

[Adriana García @garciav_a]

Support to #agriculture reached over USD 850 billion per year in 2020-22. @MJansenEcon presents the main findings of the 2023 @OECDagriculture Monitoring and Evaluation report.

[WTO @wto]

What is the role of trade in achieving food security? Edwini and Jonathan take you to the countryside on #WorldFoodDay and talk about how trade rules help get food to where it is needed.

#LetsTalkTrade
#LetsTalkFoodSecurity

[Facundo Calvo @facundo_calvo_]

Did you miss the IISD-IFPRI webinars on WTO Agriculture Negotiations and Sustainable Development last week? Now you can watch online the three webinars on Domestic Support, Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes (PSH) and Export Restrictions by @IISD_AG and @IFPRI.

[Peter Ungphakorn (also @coppetainpu.bsky.social) @CoppetainPU]

This is misleading.

No one's against public stockholding.

They have a problem with exceeding domestic support limits when buying large amounts into stocks at supported prices.

But everyone including the US has agreed on no legal challenge.

So the Q is what replaces it?

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[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

We thank David Blandford for a generous review of Brink & Orden book: Agricultural Domestic Support under the WTO: Experience and Prospects, Cambridge University Press, 2023. JAE Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(3) (paywall) https://t.co/aEmsuv025v

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

@RonSteenblik @kayak175 Glad you liked the paper - yes, an interesting read indeed.

[Lars Brink @Larsbrinkcanada]

@RonSteenblik https://t.co/6F5EUsfb9O

[GGruere @GGruere]

Given that #agriculture covers most habitable land, monitoring #biodiversity on agricultural land is essential to progress towards the @UNBiodiversity objectives. Our new paper defines principles for an @OECD farmland habitat biodiversity indicator. See https://t.co/Lnx9W5QpFC

[Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) @TradeLawDev]

The authors of this article, Orden & @Larsbrinkcanada , suggest a welcome change to calculating the formula that would be acceptable to both parties & end this ongoing impasse
This article can be accessed at: https://t.co/y11juSZ4bN
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