ISDS Case Map
agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
Brussels wants Japanese farm products on the chopping board in return.
Biotech companies will join Cargill and Tyson as the main beneficiaries of U.S.-China agricultural trade policy.
Europeans upset at how Canada will allocate import quota for new EU products.
Japan is considering proposing a low-tariff import quota for European butter and powdered skim milk to strike an economic partnership agreement for free trade with the European Union.
Quebec cheesemakers face $1.5 billion in losses due to new tariff rules that accompany a trade agreement between Canada and Europe, according to the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA).
The dairy lobby’s 15-page letter had two main requests regarding Canada: a reversal of new rules on ultrafiltered milk products and increased access to the Canadian market that exceeds the 3.25 per cent offered in the early version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Move would cut levy to same level agreed on in TPP.
A two-year investigation found evidence some meat-processing plants in Brazil had been selling rotten beef and poultry on to the export market by bribing health inspectors and politicians to get the necessary paperwork.
Agricultural tariffs crucial as parties seek quick action on megadeal.
Officials from both countries decided to expand the trade in agricultural products (mainly fruit).
