ISDS Case Map
agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
Korea should continue to reject the occasional box of beef -- the containers of boneless meat that accidentally contain bones or spinal material -- and let the rest go through. Their buying public can make the decision about the quality of the product. At the same time, American beef packers should continue to work on their quality control procedures and get it right before the KORUS FTA is finalized.
The peak stonerfruit body, Summerfruit Australia, says cheap fruit and vegetable imports due to an Australia-Chila free trade agreement could wipe out 5,000 jobs.
To many sugarcane-dependent families in western Kenya, January 2008 will come with adverse consequences to livelihoods and life itself as Kenya joins more efficient sugar producers in the free market regimes of COMESA and EPA.
A new study finds that more than 100,000 Thai farming families cannot compete with cheap Chinese produce dumped in the market under Thailand's FTA with China.
Australian orchardists say thousands of jobs and millions of dollars could be lost if the Federal Government signs a free trade agreement with Chile.
Ono Kazuoki, veteran of Japanese and Asian farmer movements, comments on the projected Australia-Japan FTA.
The future of Central American agriculture is threatened by developed countries' demand for biofuels and US-sponsored free trade agreements.
Bolivia joined the ALBA-TCP pact in 2006, and the government has earmarked $1.5 million for quinoa growers out of the $100 million provided by Chávez for investments benefiting small farmers. This will include credit for at least five quinoa-related projects in the southern altiplano.
The proposed free trade pact between South Korea and the United States as well as high demand for beef is expected to cause a drop in local pork prices, a think tank said Monday.
The EU claims there are considerable gaps between what Seoul is offering Brussels and what was agreed upon with Washington
