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Articles by keyword
food safety | SPS
S. Korea will not automatically accept OIE ruling on US beef: minister
| 22-March-2007
South Korea is not obliged to automatically accept a planned ruling by a world animal health body that may make it easier for the United States to export beef, a senior policymaker said Wednesday.
S Korea, US at odds over key agriculture issues at FTA talks: official
| 13-March-2007
South Korea and the United States have not been able to close the gap on key issues at the latest free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seoul, a government official said Tuesday. 
Thai shrimp farmers have urged the government to speed up negotiations with Australia over its proposed health and safety standard before it comes into effect on February 21.
Not under the same sky: bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), agriculture and food sovereignty
| 12-February-2007
An initial report on the spread of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) throughout the Asia-Pacific and their impacts on agriculture and food sovereignty, in the context of the current state of play of the WTO, and the devastating legacy of agricultural liberalisation through World Bank/International Monetary Fund structural adjustment programmes.
Benguet’s vegetable farmers wary of free trade
| 27-December-2006
The Philippine government’s move to liberalize imports, including vegetables, is expected to meet fierce resistance from farmers in the province, who all fear that the policy will spell doom for the local vegetable industry.
La tyrannie des accords bilatéraux de biosécurité
| 27-December-2006
Comment les entreprises utilisent les circuits des accords de commerce bilatéraux pour affaiblir les réglementations sur les biotechnologies
EU ’strongly committed’ to Mediterranean agriculture
| 8-December-2006
The EU has sought to ease frustrations that agricultural trade within the Mediterranean region has not advanced as quickly as hoped.
Shrimpers cry foul over new Australia ban
| 7-December-2006
Thai shrimpers yesterday submitted a letter to protest against Australia’s ban on shrimp imports even before its import risk analysis is completed. Viewing the move as unfair, Thai officials will also discuss the issue at a forum on the Thailand-Australia free trade agreement next week.
Fishing for a future
| 21-November-2006
Provides background information on fisheries in the Pacific and explores the pros and cons of a Pacific fisheries agreement with the EU.
China, ASEAN move toward closer quarantine cooperation ahead FTA
| 3-November-2006
China and ASEAN should set up a mechanism to facilitate the cooperation on inspection and quarantine against public health risks posed by tremendous people and goods flow after the formation of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), experts and officials said Thursday.
Bilateral biosafety bullies
| 30-October-2006
This new briefing from GRAIN and the African Centre for Biosafety looks at how governments, the agribusiness sector and transnational companies are increasingly using bilateral trade agreements to prise open markets for genetically modified crops.
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) concerns in agricultural trade
| 25-July-2006
Many US Congress Members are interested in how FTAs might address SPS
Agreement scarce, dispute persists in SK-US free trade talks
| 14-July-2006
South Korea and the US have agreed to establish a standing committee on sanitary standards for agricultural and food products, which will make it easier for the US to ask for expanded trade of genetically modified crops. However, negotiations on pharmaceuticals have hit a snag, with neither side willing to budge.
Panama upbeat on US free trade deal by year end
| 12-July-2006
Panama could reach a free trade deal with the United States by the end of this year, despite lingering differences over US food safety, a senior negotiator said on Tuesday.
BIO letter to USTR on US-Korea FTA
| 20-June-2006
Letter from the US Biotechnology Industry Organisation to the US Trade Representative on intellectual property, GM labelling, biosafety, GM contamination and other issues BIO wants addressed under the US-Korea FTA talks.
BIO letter to USTR on US-Malaysia FTA
| 20-June-2006
Letter from the US Biotechnology Industry Organisation to the US Trade Representative on intellectual property, GM labelling, biosafety, GM contamination and other issues BIO wants addressed under the US-Malaysia FTA talks.
Korea, US at odds on two-thirds of free-trade agenda
| 8-June-2006
Seoul and Washington have failed to narrow their differences on some 60 percent of items on the agenda at their first round of free-trade talks in Washington. The talks started Monday.
S. Korea, US far divided over rice, quarantine issues in FTA talks
| 8-June-2006
South Korea and the United States ended the third day of their first round of talks over a free trade accord Wednesday, with both remaining far apart over rice and quarantine issues, Seoul’s chief negotiator said.
US presses Peru on farm imports before signing deal
| 4-April-2006
The United States is pressing Peru to remove technical barriers to US agricultural products concerning food safety before the two countries sign a bilateral free trade deal, a senior US lawmaker said on Monday. |
L’accord entre l’Union Européenne et l’Inde menace l’accès aux traitements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
| 12-April-2013
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