agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
13-Jun-2022
La Via Campesina
During the demonstration, peasants denounced the policies that the WTO has promoted in various countries, that has impoverished and displaced rural families through countless free trade agreements.
8-Jun-2022
Al Jazeera
WTO has lost the trust of the people, and all governments must keep agricultural matters out of free trade agreements.
31-May-2022
FarmingUK
The government must install safeguards for sensitive sectors such as horticulture, beef and sugar as the UK opens trade talks with Mexico, the NFU has said.
31-May-2022
Philstar Global
The current Senate should defer further action on RCEP. President-elect Bongbong Marcos and the incoming Congress can then review the agreement and craft the country’s trade policy, consistent with an overall plan for the revitalization and competitiveness of Philippine agriculture.
27-May-2022
CBC
'We will not provide access to our supply-managed sector,' says Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng.
27-May-2022
Reuters
The Biden administration is requesting that a second dispute settlement panel be formed under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review a trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas.
25-May-2022
The Fence Post
The IPEF will see commitments with partners that facilitate agricultural trade through science-based decision making and the adoption of sound, transparent regulatory practices, says USTR.
25-May-2022
Down to Earth
When the African Union rallies behind industry to regulate a sector that affects livelihood of 33 million smallholder farmers, we should shout from the rooftops
24-May-2022
Farm Journal's Pork
Honduran President wants to review her country’s 2004 trade agreement with the United States, known as the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
18-May-2022
Business Standard
As India plans to sign a slew of Free-Trade Agreements with several countries in the near future, milk and dairy products should never form part of any such trade deal to protect the interest of farmers, minister Balyan said.