American Soybean Association (ASA) Washington Representative Tonya Kemp will meet with U.S. negotiators at the WTO Ministerial meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2009, to advance U.S. soybean farmer priorities at the WTO meeting. 

For ASA, a successful WTO agreement must include significant improvements in market access, greater commitments by developing countries with world-class agricultural exporting sectors, and elimination of Differential Export Taxes. A positive outcome in the Round will depend, in large measure, on acceptance by advanced developing countries of meaningful tariff reductions and limits on the use of other restrictions that constrict market access for agricultural imports, including soybeans and soybean and livestock products.