agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
11-Sep-2020
AP
The EU agreed to drop its 8% tariff on US lobsters while the US agreed to cut in half tariffs on EU imports, including some prepared meals, crystal glassware and cigarette lighters.
11-Sep-2020
The Star
The Donald Trump's administration is seeking abolition of import duty on agricultural exports to Kenya.
11-Sep-2020
The Guardian
Farmers were once part of the Tories’ national identity, but this government’s Brexit strategy will ruin many
11-Sep-2020
Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesian CSOs assesses the national economic recovery strategy by strengthening policies economic liberalization focusing only on investment and exports will only be increasingly open space for corporate monopoly on economic resources.
11-Sep-2020
GRAIN
In this time of Covid-19, free trade negotiations have not subsided, and are even increasing. In Thailand the government is trying again to join the CPTPP.
6-Sep-2020
La Via Campesina
Time has come for us to take back control of our food systems and promote local production of our food systems.
2-Sep-2020
NBC2
The USMCA trade agreement under President Trump is negatively impacting local farmers, but economists said the agreement assures low priced produce in stores.
1-Sep-2020
Focus Taiwan
The United States will hold a new annual senior-level economic dialogue with Taiwan to strengthen bilateral economic ties, after Taiwan pledged last week it would open its market to previously banned categories of American pork and beef.
31-Aug-2020
Japan Times
The Japanese and British governments stopped short of reaching a broad accord on a new bilateral trade deal, citing the need for further negotiations on how to handle Japanese tariffs on British blue cheese.
31-Aug-2020
Focus Taiwan
Some 200 pig farmers and workers staged a protest in front of the Yunlin County government building to oppose the central government's decision to allow imports of US pork containing the controversial veterinary drug ractopamine.