Our demands

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What CAFOD wants from the WTO

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Special and differential treatment for developing countries.

1. Poor country governments must be allowed to decide on trade policies that suit their development needs and help them to end poverty.
2. In agricultural negotiations, developing countries should be able to protect crops that are essential for food security, livelihood security and rural development from further liberalisation.WTO negotiations should accept the G33 special products proposal.
3. In the case of a drop in prices or an increase in the volume of imports, a Special Safeguard Mechanism should provide flexibility to developing countries to protect small farmers.

Stop trade distortion that generates poverty.

1. Stop dumping of rich country exports on developing country markets, which destroys the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers and threatens a country’s ability to feed itself.
2. Northern countries must commit to substantial further reform of their agricultural subsidy regimes.

Agriculture given a clear priority.

1. Agriculture is central in the battle against poverty. Securing livelihoods, food security, fighting hunger and promoting gender equality must be the key priorities in the negotiations.
2. Concessions given in agriculture by rich countries should not come at the expense of conditional liberalisation by poor countries in other areas of WTO negotiations

CAFOD is part of the Trade Justice Movement and Make Poverty History.

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