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Mercosur deal threat
5-Dec-2011
Fears were growing this week that Europe could be swamped by South American beef imports under a new trade deal with the region.
Argentina readies corn exports to China
5-Nov-2011 Dow Jones
Argentina hopes to start exporting corn to China in a few months but is still finalizing details of a bilateral market access agreement, a senior Argentinian official said Thursday.
ACP, LDC sugar suppliers deplore EC’s CAP proposals
20-Oct-2011
The great food labelling debate
26-Jul-2011 The Mark News
After 16 years of bitter debate, it has been agreed at the international level that governments are free to decide on whether and how to label foods derived from modern biotechnology, including foods containing genetically modified organisms.
Farm groups make case for passage of free-trade deals
31-May-2011
Emphasizing the importance of trade to the nation’s economy and the need to prevent the loss of existing export markets, agricultural leaders converged on Capitol Hill to urge for immediate passage of three outstanding trade agreements.
Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom
9-May-2011
"Scrambling to take advantage of the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) treaty, which allows duty-free, quota-free access to Europe for Cambodian goods, Cambodia’s agro-barons are trampling human rights underfoot, according to campaigners. Western companies have been accused of being complicit, seeking out the cheapest sugar, whatever the consequences.
The India-EU FTA and its implications on India’s food and farm sector
7-Apr-2011 Madhyam
This factsheet exposes the inherent dangers of the ‘free trade’ agenda pushed by corporate agribusiness under the aegis of India-EU FTA.
Central America: Big fish eat the small fish
31-Mar-2011 IPS
Thousands of small-scale fishers in Central America are fighting for survival in the face of free trade deals, transnational corporations, mega tourism projects and pollution that is harming marine life.
South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
21-Mar-2011 Conducive
South Korea’s inability to feed itself should not only be seen as a result of its economic development strategy, prioritization of the urban population and industrial development over agriculture, but also in the long term ties and dependency to the US, its largest trading partner.
Negotiating trade agreements must not jeopardise EU’s agriculture
9-Mar-2011
When negotiating international trade agreements, the European Commission must stop making concessions that can adversely affect European farmers, says a European Parliament resolution approved on Tuesday. MEPs warn of the effects of the trade talks with Mercosur and criticise the recent agreement with Morocco.
Ag groups urge Senate Finance Committee to act FTAs for Korea, Colombia, and Panama
8-Mar-2011
In advance of a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday, March 9, with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, the American Soybean Assn. (ASA), along with other representatives of the U.S. food and agriculture industry, reiterated support for swift passage of the pending U.S. trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama.
Multi-million dollar investments planned for fisheries sector
4-Mar-2011
Significant private investments are anticipated during 2011, mainly to finance the enhancement of vessels and environmental management projects, said the Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Maria Isabel Talledo.
FMD ― a manmade disaster
20-Jan-2011 Korea Times
Free trade agreements aggravate the animal pandemic further by preventing one country from rooting it out fundamentally because of mandatory import and consumption of foreign meat products.
JA at crossroads / TPP, agriculture can coexist / But reform of huge farming federation is unavoidable
18-Jan-2011 Yomiuri Shimbun
The success or failure of advancing Japan’s trade liberalization while strengthening the agricultural sector will largely hinge on the prospects for reforming agricultural cooperatives, known as JA.