WTO dispute settlement cases involving Latin American countries and the agreement on agriculture, 1995-2019

González, Anabel; and Glauber, Joseph W. 2021. WTO dispute settlement cases involving Latin American countries and the agreement on agriculture, 1995-2019. In The road to the WTO twelfth Ministerial Conference: A Latin American and Caribbean perspective, eds. Valeria Piñeiro, Adriana Campos, and Martín Piñeiro. Other topics relevant for Agriculture and the WTO, Pp. 157-168. San Jose, Costa Rica: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134825.

Latin America, as a lead exporter of agricultural products, has a significant interest in open global markets. The region’s agriculture trade surplus has increased to U$54 billion in 2016-2018 from US$12 billion in 1996-1998. Brazil and Argentina, the first and second top agricultural and food exporters in the region, rank third and tenth worldwide and lead world exports of soybeans, maize, vegetables oils, sugar, poultry and beef. Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and some Central American countries have also seen significant dynamism in their exports of fruits and vegetables (OECD-FAO, 2019).