agriculture | farmers | food

plus livestock, forestry, etc

Japan’s prefectures map out damage to agriculture sectors by TPP trade pact
Adding to the national political debate will be local economic projections on how the TPP will affect prefectural agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors.
US dairy industry thanks government for Honduras cheese name work
The dairy industry has thanked the US government for its extensive work aimed at securing clarifications regarding the right to use several generic cheese names in exports to Honduras.
Revisions needed in IP compliance
Revision of the legal framework on intellectual property is recommended to ensure compliance with the EU – Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement.
State loses for good the trial against the Miculas, following ICSID decision
Brothers Viorel and Ioan Micula won the lawsuit against the Romanian state at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and were awarded USD 200 million in damages.
Mercosur makes EU free trade offer before French visit
South American bloc Mercosur is offering to open up 93% of its trade to competition from the European Union to seal a long-sought free-trade deal.
EU poultry sector concerned about TTIP deal
Representatives of the European poultry industry are increasingly expressing concerns about the upcoming free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States.
Farmers fear for their future as new TTIP round opens
As negotiators prepare for the 12th round of TTIP talks, the crisis in French agriculture is compounding the sector’s fears over the trade deal.
Tariffs dropped to zero
TTIP: Secret document reveals in detail the EU offer to drop 97 percent of its tariffs on US goods.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft EU revised tariff offer (October 2015)
As leaked by Correct!v
Needlessly complicated TPP rules have negative impacts on Canadian businesses
Canada and Canadian businesses will be left to grapple with numerous different legal approaches and commitments to GIs arising from domestic rules, the various trade agreements, and side letters with one-third of TPP members.