ISDS Case Map
agriculture | farmers | food
plus livestock, forestry, etc
RCEP negotiations must not include obligation to join or implement UPOV systems and in anyway undermine farmers’ rights
A mega free trade agreement, like RCEP that undermines farmers’ seed freedoms in a mega diverse country, with seed diversity and farmers’ knowledge is unacceptable, say over 50 groups and citizens
How the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.
Little-known council linked to NAFTA subverts public safety to free trade.
Progress on a free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union has been interrupted by the names of cheeses and wines.
A New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement was top of mind in discussions between Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan.
China has been receiving flak for its conditional investments and loans that are resulting in land and resource grabbing in Asia and Africa.
The EU now imports 112 percent more US soy than a year ago, flooding the market to feed EU factory farms. Bad news for animal welfare, bad news for the environment.
The European Commission is set to authorise imports of soybeans from the US to produce biofuels. Soy has a comparably bad environmental impact as palm oil, say experts.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a completed free trade deal with the EU by the end of 2019 is realistic, but New Zealand will still push hard for open access for agricultural products to the EU market.
