agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
12-Jan-2022
The Hindu
Indian farmers will oppose the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Australia if it throws open the country’s dairy sector for Australian dairy majors.
11-Jan-2022
Reuters
India has agreed to allow imports of US pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to US agricultural trade.
10-Jan-2022
The Hindu Businessline
India is keeping sensitive dairy and agriculture items out of the India-Australia free trade agreement (FTA) as it does not want to compromise the interest of its farmers.
6-Jan-2022
Romania-Insider
A committee attached to the Washington International Court (ICSID) definitively rejected the €1.8 bln claims of Romanian-Swedish investors Ioan and Viorel Micula.
5-Jan-2022
Bloomberg
The US notched a victory in a spat with Canada over dairy trade, with a dispute-settlement panel finding that the nation’s allocation of American lower-tariff imports violates their agreement.
21-Dec-2021
Business Daily
The US’ main corn lobby group has urged President Joe Biden’s administration and Congress to prioritise trade deals with the US and Kenya to avoid losing their industry’s advantage over China.
16-Dec-2021
Sustain
Approximately 40% of Australia’s total beef supply is produced in intensive feedlot systems where the animals are kept in close confinement and fed largely on grain rather than pasture.
15-Dec-2021
The Guardian
Investigation finds areas of cleared land in Queensland likely to be habitats for threatened species.
8-Dec-2021
Manila Bulletin
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal.
6-Dec-2021
National Hog Farmer
The biggest reason our exports have continued growing is trade deals, whether free trade agreements, trade and investment framework agreements or one-off market access deals.