How can sustainable international trade to the benefit of people be promoted?
International trade of food and other agricultural products are important for many people to meet their need for food or for economic income. Food sovereignty does not negate this kind of trade, but many people, raise questions about how sustainable international trade to meet peoples need can be promoted within the concept of food sovereignty. What is your answer to this? What kind of trade rules? Food sovereignty is not a fixed set of trade rules. It gives the space and possibilities for different kind of trade policies. But is there on the basis of food sovereignty, some basic trade rules we can outline? Below are some proposals. Each country should have the right and obligation to produce the basic food for domestic consumption. Each country has the right to decide the level and kind of protection, support and regulation of production of food for domestic consumption. International trade agreements on agriculture and fisheries should only deal with the conditions for these kind of
