agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
17-Sep-2015
China Post
The next round of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between Taiwan and the U.S. will be held in October in Taipei at the earliest. Besides food safety, Taiwan is expected to raise issues relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and bilateral investment agreement (BIA) in the meeting.
14-Sep-2015
Biothai
If Thailand accepts the intellectual property law in the course of the negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement of EU-Thai, this will have several impacts on farmers, biodiversity and food security.
10-Sep-2015
People's World
Starting soon, as a result of the firm's drive for higher profits and lower wages, your Oreo cookies will be made in Mexico, not Chicago. And it's all thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
8-Sep-2015
Swazi Observer
In a bid to eliminate possible problems associated with sugar trade in Africa’s new trade agreement, the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), sugar industries of the bloc have resolved to speak in one unified voice.
7-Sep-2015
Business Korea
The Korea-China FTA will increase agricultural imports from China while scaling down Korea’s farming production.
2-Sep-2015
Contributoria
TTIP threatens our food future. In addition to campaigning against it, we need to work towards an alternative framework.
1-Sep-2015
Food Dive
TPP, TTIP, organic equivalencies — trade agreements have been all over the headlines for the past few months. But what is the impact for food and beverage companies in the U.S.?
31-Aug-2015
Dairy Markets
The move, which would also include a possible trade deal with Australia, may be part of a new ‘communication’ on future EU trade policy, set to be published this autumn, reports Agra Europe’s Paul Hutchison.
28-Aug-2015
Holding Redlich
Changes to Australian food labelling laws provide consumers with an increased understanding of the origin of their food. The challenge Australia faces is to ensure compliance with foreign investment trade agreements.
28-Aug-2015
Terre-net
Laurent Pinatel, le porte-parole de la Confédération paysanne, défend ses revendications pour sortir les éleveurs de la crise, évidemment différentes de celles du syndicalisme majoritaire