Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in the European Union

Pedro de Camargo Neto, Brazil's secretary of trade and production for the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a WTO sugar decision for Brazil against the EU sugar policies. This case analyzes what this decision will mean to world food policies, especially those of the EU and the United States. The ruling strengthens the WTO as a decision maker with respect to fair trade policy. The issue revolves around what actions the various private and public decision makers will now take to make this ruling work while not placing too big a burden on any one segment of the economy.