MFRE and Matias WTO covid poster
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In this seminar, Dr. Margulis will cover the WTO, international trade negotiations on agriculture, and the impacts of COVID-19 on global food trade.

About Speaker

Matias E. Margulis is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems. His research and teaching interests are in global food security, international trade and economic development. In addition to his academic research, Dr. Margulis has extensive professional experience in the field of international policymaking and is a former Canadian representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He has also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scottish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Institution.

Readings

1.    CAFTA’s primer on the WTO and agriculture: http://cafta.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CAFTA-A-Primer-on-Agriculture-and-the-WTO-July-2019.pdf 

2.    Op-ed by Jonathan Hepburn of IISD on the South China Morning Post on COVID-19 and agriculture trade: https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3105814/fight-hunger-and-malnutrition-rebuilding-trust-trade-and-markets