GMOs
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5-Sep-2014 EFE
Guatemala repeals plant breeder rights law
The Congress of Guatemala has repealed the controversial "Monsanto Law" which legalised property rights on plant varieties in accordance with CAFTA.
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4-Sep-2014 ADITAL
Guatemala : Sous la pression des mouvements sociaux, la Justice suspend temporairement une partie de la “Loi Monsanto”
La Cour constitutionnelle a suspendu ce qu’on appelle la « Loi Monsanto » qui devait entrer en application le 26 septembre prochain sous l’accord de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis (CAFTA)
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3-Sep-2014 ADITAL
Guatemala: Under pressure from social movements, Justice temporarily suspends part of the "Monsanto Law"
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has suspended the so-called "Monsanto Law" which was support enter into force, as an obligation under the US-Central America free trade agreement (CAFTA), on 26 September 2014.
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2-Sep-2014 ADITAL
Guatemala: Por la presión de los movimientos sociales, Justicia suspende, temporalmente, parte de la ‘Ley Monsanto’
La presión ejercida por los movimientos sociales en contra de la polémica Ley de Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales viene generando efectos positivos. Después que el Movimiento Sindical, Indígena y Campesino Guatemalteco (MSICG) presentó una acción de inconstitucionalidad general total contra la norma, la Corte de Constitucionalidad suspendió la llamada "Ley Monsanto”, que iba a entrar en vigencia el próximo 26 de septiembre.
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2-Sep-2014 La Voz
Guatemalan court suspends "Monsanto Law"
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended the entry into force of the controversial "Monsanto Law" required by CAFTA to legalise property rights over plant varieties
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29-Aug-2014 Servindi
Guatemala: People reject "Monsanto Law" for threatening food security
Guatemalan civil society has strongly rejected the country’s new plant breeders’ rights law imposed through the free trade agreement with the US (CAFTA).
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24-Jul-2014 IATP
Leaked document reveals US-EU trade agreement threatens public health, food safety
A draft chapter of the US-EU trade agreement leaked today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy reveals public health and food safety could be at risk, according to an accompanying analysis.
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10-Jul-2014 ENDS Europe
Juncker states his opposition to fracking
Asked about the trade deal the Commission is currently negotiating with the US, which campaigners fear will allow private companies to challenge the EU’s environmental rules, Mr Juncker stressed that the normal, publicly accountable, court system should be used instead of private courts or arbitration panels.
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4-Jul-2014 Oxfam America
Seeds of discord or seeds for development – which way for US policy with El Salvador?
The controversy over government procurement of seeds in El Salvador is a clear example of how US free trade agreements with developing countries can undermine national development goals, as Oxfam warned during the negotiation and debate over CAFTA, writes Stephanie Burgos.
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20-May-2014 IATP
10 reasons TTIP is bad for good food and farming
Agribusiness on both sides is pushing to rollback regulations that hinder their profits at the expense of food safety, farmers and ranchers, consumers and animal welfare.
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13-May-2014 DWN
Free trade agreement with the US threatening fruit and vegetable diversity
The seed industry is planning to take advantage of the free trade agreement between the US and the EU (TTIP) to implement its patents in the European market.
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8-May-2014 DWN
Freihandel mit den USA gefährdet Vielfalt bei Obst und Gemüse
Die Saatgut-Industrie möchte offenbar das Freihandelsabkommen TTIP zwischen den USA und der EU nutzen, um mit ihren Patenten auf dem europäischen Markt zu reüssieren. In den USA hat Monsanto allein im vergangenen Jahr 142 Prozesse gegen Bauern wegen der Vermischung von Saatgut geführt. Die Taktik könnte auch in Europa funktionieren.
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24-Apr-2014 Gene Ethics
Don’t sue our governments for GM-free crops and food labels!
Australian PM Abbott’s trade deals with Korea, Japan and 12 other Pacific rim countries may give foreign companies the right to sue our governments for claimed losses over GM-free zones. A Greens Bill now in the Senate seeks to stop corporate predators having this right in all future treaties.
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28-Mar-2014 FOEE
The secret deal that threatens the food on your plate
Untangling the EU-US trade talks : What are the big concerns for food & farming? What might be the consequences for our food and farming? Friends of the Earth Europe and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy hosted a discussion in Brussels on 13 March 2014.
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25-Mar-2014 Netzpolitik
GM canola letter from European Commissioner Tonio Borg
Letter from European Commissioner Tonio Borg about authorising genetically modified canola, as part of CETA negotiations
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18-Mar-2014 WNAX
Grains Council pushing TTIP negotiators on EU biotech barriers
US Grains Council leaders are pushing Trans Atlantic free trade negotiators to keep the European Union from slowing biotechnology approval
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17-Mar-2014 Camb16
Los transgénicos ponen freno al Acuerdo Transatlántico
Los jefes de negociaciones europeo y americano han explicado ante los medios que van a buen ritmo, y que se han alcanzado acuerdos que beneficiarán a ambos países. Un nuevo mercado, único y amplio, con regulaciones similares y sin trabas arancelarias, es el punto fuerte de estas reuniones que se han organizado a lo largo de la semana en Bruselas. Sin embargo, reconocen que está en manos de la iniciativa privada y de los legisladores el superar las diferencias y que haya, de verdad, efectos positivos y palpables.
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18-Feb-2014 EU Observer
Trade chief misleads on GM foods
Who is really in charge of the European Union’s food safety policies? Over the past few weeks, two EU commissioners have been sounding markedly different notes about genetically modified (GM) crops.
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11-Feb-2014 Voltility
The TTIP, corporatism, and GMOs
Opening up Europe to the full onslaught of US agricultural products and systems is the main goal of the US in pushing for TTIP in the first place.
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23-Jan-2014 Testbiotech
Free trade for ’high-risk biotech’?
New report from Testbiotech on the potential influence of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the authorisation of new genetically engineered organisms for use in agriculture and food production.
