Kenya to lead agriculture negotiations at WTO conference
Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Investments, Trade,
and Industry will lead a Kenyan delegation to the 13th Ministerial
Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The conference is set to take place from February 26 to
February 29, 2024, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The conference will focus on crucial trade-related policies that
include agriculture, subsidies for the fisheries sector, trade and sustainable
development, digital trade, and reforms to the existing multilateral trading system.
The CS has been appointed to facilitate agriculture
negotiations at the MC13, one of the long-standing trade policy issues at the
WTO.
In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of trade said the delegation will be working
towards addressing challenges that will address contemporary shortcomings in the agriculture
sector such as food security and trade-related distortions.
“The outcome is expected to deliver a fairer, more,
equitable, and market-oriented agricultural trading system, ending hunger and
improving nutrition, promoting sustainable agriculture and food systems, and
promoting the adoption of resilient agricultural practices that enhance productivity
and production,” the statement reads in part.
This will be a fulfilment of the Sustainable Development
Goal 2 of the United Nations.
A particular focus will be securing the interests of
small-scale food and agriculture producers in developing countries.
Kenya will participate in several deliberations on existing
frameworks including regional groups at the Ministerial level such as the
African Ministers of ‘Trade meeting; the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group
Ministerial Meeting, and the Second Meeting of the Coalition of Trade Ministers
on Climate.
The CS will hold consultations with several Ministers of Trade
from several countries to enhance bilateral trade relations between them and
Kenya.
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