TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - The European Green Deal has the ambition to bring about a more sustainable food system. Trade policy is required to be coherent with and supportive of the objectives of the Green Deal. Various legislative and other initiatives have been introduced or proposed to use trade policy measures to support the move to higher sustainability standards in the food system both in the EU and globally. Mandatory due diligence requirements for companies are proposed to ensure they have ‘clean’ supply chains. Mirror clauses have been proposed in agri-food trade to require that imported products meet similar regulatory standards as EU producers. Promoting this agenda is a priority of the French EU Presidency in the first half of 2022. Higher sustainability standards and accompanying trade measures will have a significant impact on the competitiveness of EU producers as well as international trade in food. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of this debate, with a particular focus on vulnerable developing countries for which the EU is an important market.
AU  - Matthews, Alan
DA  - 2022-04
DA  - 2022-04
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.321162
DO  - doi
ID  - 321162
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Environmental Economics and Policy
KW  - Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
KW  - International Relations/Trade
KW  - Reciprocity
KW  - mirror clauses
KW  - non-tariff barriers
KW  - agri-food trade
KW  - sustainability
KW  - developing countries
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/321162/files/Alan_Matthews_Matthews%20AES%20paper%20Impact%20of%20Green%20Deal%20trade%20policies%20on%20developing%20countries%20Mar%202022.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/321162/files/Alan_Matthews_Matthews%20AES%20paper%20Impact%20of%20Green%20Deal%20trade%20policies%20on%20developing%20countries%20Mar%202022.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/321162/files/Alan_Matthews_Matthews%20AES%20paper%20Impact%20of%20Green%20Deal%20trade%20policies%20on%20developing%20countries%20Mar%202022.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/321162/files/Alan_Matthews_Matthews%20AES%20paper%20Impact%20of%20Green%20Deal%20trade%20policies%20on%20developing%20countries%20Mar%202022.pdf
N2  - The European Green Deal has the ambition to bring about a more sustainable food system. Trade policy is required to be coherent with and supportive of the objectives of the Green Deal. Various legislative and other initiatives have been introduced or proposed to use trade policy measures to support the move to higher sustainability standards in the food system both in the EU and globally. Mandatory due diligence requirements for companies are proposed to ensure they have ‘clean’ supply chains. Mirror clauses have been proposed in agri-food trade to require that imported products meet similar regulatory standards as EU producers. Promoting this agenda is a priority of the French EU Presidency in the first half of 2022. Higher sustainability standards and accompanying trade measures will have a significant impact on the competitiveness of EU producers as well as international trade in food. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of this debate, with a particular focus on vulnerable developing countries for which the EU is an important market.
PY  - 2022-04
PY  - 2022-04
T1  - Implications of the European Green Deal for agri-food trade with developing countries
TI  - Implications of the European Green Deal for agri-food trade with developing countries
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/321162/files/Alan_Matthews_Matthews%20AES%20paper%20Impact%20of%20Green%20Deal%20trade%20policies%20on%20developing%20countries%20Mar%202022.pdf
Y1  - 2022-04
ER  -