External Trade CEJA Conference DG TRADE “Future CAP in a global context”
External Trade Summary 1.The global context 2.DDA – what will it bring and when 3.Free Trade Agreements 4.Levelling the playing field 5.GIs
External Trade A major Trading Power (2008 & 2009) … Source: Eurostat (Comext, Statistical regime 4), IMF, WTO, UNCTAD
External Trade 1. Agricultural trade and sensitivity of the sector World agricultural trade only about 5% of total trade in goods; Similar figures for the EU but sensitive sector for the EU in both multilateral and bilateral negotiations
External Trade World market share of top exporters and top importers
External Trade WTO-DDA Why slow progress?
External Trade DDA-Agriculture Break-down in July-Dec chapter -Domestic support, -Market access, -Export competition
External Trade Bilateral and regional trade negotiations Concluded: Central America, Andean, Korea (!) Ongoing: India, Ukraine, Asean (separately), Mercosur (!) Others: EPAs, Euromed, Russia’s WTO accession, etc.
External Trade Levelling the playing field? Product standards ≠ Production standards Production standards, challenging!! Where to address it (two-way street) -Multilateral -Bilateral
External Trade Geographical Indications (PDOs, PGIs) GI is an Intellectual Property right (WTO TRIPS) DDA –extension - register Bilateral negotiations (Korea, Mercosur, India, etc…+ wine specifics (AUS, USA, CAN) ACTA