Alan Matthews

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Alan Matthews is Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests include EU agricultural policy, agricultural trade policy, and agricultural trade and development issues. He is a former President of the European Association of Agricultural Economists and incoming President of the UK Agricultural Economics Society in its centenary year 2026. He has contributed to policy reports on food and agricultural issues for the FAO, the OECD, and the European Parliament, among others, has participated in several WTO dispute and arbitration panels, and is a former member of Ireland’s Climate Change Advisory Council. He is a regular contributor to the blog capreform.eu on issues relating to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy.

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