agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
23-Nov-2025
Yabiladi
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has reignited debate over the labeling of agricultural products from Western Sahara, a contentious issue in the recent Morocco-EU agricultural agreement.
20-Nov-2025
Euractiv
A bid by the centre-right European People’s Party to fast-track additional safeguards linked to the EU-Mercosur trade deal collapsed during a meeting of political group chairs, according to multiple parliamentary officials.
27-Oct-2025
European Coordination Via Campesina
Although the European Commission presents these clauses as a safety mechanism to protect farmers, they are designed never to be activated.
24-Oct-2025
CBC
British government has been blocking Canadian meat exports since walking away from negotiating table.
17-Oct-2025
Down to Earth
Countries in the global South being pressured through trade agreements to adopt restrictive UPOV seed laws, threatening farmers’ rights and food sovereignty.
16-Oct-2025
ECVC
ECVC denounces the steps taken by the European Commission and Morocco regarding the EU-Morrocco trade agreement, as they try at all costs to save the interests of a minority of transnational corporations and foreign investors at the expense of the Saharawi people and Moroccan and European peasants.
15-Oct-2025
AP
These protests come a week after the EU Commission unveiled detailed proposals to protect farmers from being undercut by imports from South America as it seeks to build support for this deal.
13-Oct-2025
India TV
Dairy has become a key sticking point in the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations due to the conflicting interests of both countries.
10-Oct-2025
Mongabay
Malaysia is preparing to amend its Protection of New Plant Varieties Act to join the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by 2026 - a key criterion for Malaysia to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement.
10-Oct-2025
GRAIN
GRAIN has updated its dataset on free trade agreements that push harsh new standards for intellectual property rights over biodiversity, going beyond the international standards set by the World Trade Organisation.