Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee

Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) in relation with International Trade

In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee (APAC): A policy-level committee that forms part of the private sector advisory system established by the United States Congress to ensure that US trade policy and negotiating objectives reflect US commercial and economic interests. The AP AC and the individual agriculture technical advisory committees (ATACs) provide policy advice and technical expertise on bilateral and multilateral agriculture negotiations. Members are appointed by the USTR in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture. The counterpart committee in the industrial sector is the IP AC . See alsoACTPN.