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Ms. Tasanee Muangkaew, Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of Agricultural Economics (Agricultural Economics Office), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Revealing the special meeting of the Committee of Agriculture (COA) in the form of a Virtual Meeting organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO), chaired by Ms. Christiane Daleiden, WTO Agriculture Committee. Chaired the meeting on June 18th. The meeting emphasized the importance of world trade in agricultural products under the situation of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 that has had a widespread impact. Because in addition to causing many infected patients and deaths around the world It also affects other areas such as public health where there is a shortage of medical products. In terms of air transportation, travel in and out of the country is prohibited.
The global supply chain has been affected by sudden changes due Email Data to the halt of production activities. The above problems have resulted in some countries enacting trade measures that may conflict with WTO regulations, such as bans on agricultural and food exports. Including products used in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 to alleviate product shortages in their countries. Therefore, it is necessary to instruct WTO member countries Let's work together to find guidelines for using various measures. In order not to cause unnecessary obstacles to world trade. Because of using measures like this It may cause the world's food supply to decrease. Product prices rise Until affecting the agricultural trade supply chain and there was a shortage of important food products. which ultimately affects world food security a group of countries such as Cairns, Ottawa and the EU issued a joint statement expressing their position on the use of trade measures during the COVID-19 situation, emphasizing that Implementation of measures must be consistent with WTO rules and should be temporary.
It is transparent and verifiable, resulting in open trade. and predictable (open and predictable trade) by member countries have jointly examined measures related to the COVID-19 situation that member countries have reported to the WTO, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar that have implemented measures to limit rice exports, while Egypt and Honduras have banned the export of legumes. While Kazakhstan, Russia and Kajikistan Restricting the export of wheat, etc., for Thailand Member countries have been informed about the implementation of measures prohibiting the export of chicken eggs. It was announced to be used temporarily only for the period between 26 March - 30 April 2020, which is consistent with and in accordance with WTO principles. This is to prevent WTO member countries from using the issue of restrictions during the COVID-19 situation as a reason to adopt various measures. used as an unnecessary barrier to trade WTO as the regulator of member countries' measures. It should play a strong role in hastening the creation of rules, regulations, and guidelines for the use of various measures.
The global supply chain has been affected by sudden changes due Email Data to the halt of production activities. The above problems have resulted in some countries enacting trade measures that may conflict with WTO regulations, such as bans on agricultural and food exports. Including products used in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 to alleviate product shortages in their countries. Therefore, it is necessary to instruct WTO member countries Let's work together to find guidelines for using various measures. In order not to cause unnecessary obstacles to world trade. Because of using measures like this It may cause the world's food supply to decrease. Product prices rise Until affecting the agricultural trade supply chain and there was a shortage of important food products. which ultimately affects world food security a group of countries such as Cairns, Ottawa and the EU issued a joint statement expressing their position on the use of trade measures during the COVID-19 situation, emphasizing that Implementation of measures must be consistent with WTO rules and should be temporary.
It is transparent and verifiable, resulting in open trade. and predictable (open and predictable trade) by member countries have jointly examined measures related to the COVID-19 situation that member countries have reported to the WTO, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar that have implemented measures to limit rice exports, while Egypt and Honduras have banned the export of legumes. While Kazakhstan, Russia and Kajikistan Restricting the export of wheat, etc., for Thailand Member countries have been informed about the implementation of measures prohibiting the export of chicken eggs. It was announced to be used temporarily only for the period between 26 March - 30 April 2020, which is consistent with and in accordance with WTO principles. This is to prevent WTO member countries from using the issue of restrictions during the COVID-19 situation as a reason to adopt various measures. used as an unnecessary barrier to trade WTO as the regulator of member countries' measures. It should play a strong role in hastening the creation of rules, regulations, and guidelines for the use of various measures.