Discussions on cotton at the WTO

At the WTO, cotton is the sole commodity discussed separately following an initiative launched by the Cotton-4 in 2003. The initiative aims to make international trade in cotton fairer and to shed light on the linkages between trade, cotton and development.

Discussions on cotton at the WTO focus on:

achieving reforms needed to address trade-distorting subsidies and to provide improved market access for cotton and cotton-related products from LDCs

monitoring and encouraging development assistance to the cotton sector in developing countries through Sand dissemination of information.