Vice Ministers, Senior Officials and Ambassadors from the Cairns Group gathered on 22 October 2023 in Geneva.

The Cairns Group hosted a retreat on 16-17 September 2022 in Montreux, Switzerland. 

A meeting of Cairns Group Ministers was held on 12 June 2022, where Ministers affirmed joint determination to see concrete progress at MC12 towards equitable agricultural trade reform.

On 1 February 2021, El Salvador joined the existing co-sponsors of the Cairns Group-led Framework for Negotiations on Domestic Support. A revision of the Framework, WTO Document JOB/AG/177/Rev.1, now includes 20 co-sponsors.

Cairns Group Members launched a “COVID-19 Initiative: Protecting Global Food Security Through Open Trade” to support the global agricultural and food system during the COVID-19 pandemic, and limit the impact of emergency measures on global food security and fair trade.