#multilateraltrade — Public Fediverse posts

BRICS Summit Declaration: https://brics2023.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jhb-II-Declaration-24-August-2023-1.pdf (26 pages)

2 pars⬇️ are on #MultilateralTrade (+ a few words on African free trade)

Par.8 is mainly bland. All WTO members have said it, even the G7—EXCEPT the bit about dispute settlement (not the US)

Par.9⬇️ deals with the #WTO agriculture talks

Here, the BRICS cannot represent the whole “Global South”

Many in SE Asia and S America are sceptical about market distorting subsidies in stockholding (PSH) and the special safeguard (SSM)

But …