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America’s beef with Aussie farmers over Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
12-Apr-2016 News.com.au
American food and agriculture groups want to cut Australia out of their export markets.
EU, Mercosur move forward on trade talks
12-Apr-2016 Buenos Aires Herald
Blocs will exchange offers on the second week of May, followed by meeting in Montevideo.
TPP dumping on U.S. dairy farmers
8-Apr-2016 IATP
U.S. dairy processors are dumping millions of gallons of raw milk into sewers. Yet the USDA projected a 20 percent increase in U.S. dairy imports by 2025 due to TPP rules.
EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters
8-Apr-2016 Reuters
Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market.
Bolivia could have free trade agreement with EU
8-Apr-2016 Fresh Plaza
Representative sectors in Bolivia are increasingly more interested in resuming bilateral free trade negotiations with the European Union.
RI, PNG agree to forge bilateral ties
7-Apr-2016 Antara
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to forge relations between the two countries.
Diet debate on TPP deal begins amid opposition
6-Apr-2016 Japan Today
The Diet started deliberations on a Pacific Rim free trade deal, with the ruling parties looking to have it ratified and related legislation enacted during the current session ending June 1.
TPP will push Japanese farmers to grow cheaper rice in bid to boost exports
5-Apr-2016 The Japan Times
The nation’s farmers are set to produce less expensive rice than existing brands to boost exports, following the signing of a Pacific free trade deal that will expose them to fierce foreign competition.
Here is why the EU appealed EU Court ruling on Western Sahara
4-Apr-2016 WSRW
The Official Journal of the European Union has published the appeal brought by the EU Council against the Court of Justice of the EU’s decision to annul the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement insofar as it applies in Western Sahara.
TTIP to follow CETA’s geographical carve up?
31-Mar-2016 Arc2020
The European Commission released a summary of the final text of the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), which is widely regarded as a TTIP testbed.
CETA a household word on Canadian farms, in Europe not so much
30-Mar-2016 Alberta Farmer Express
Trade deal is a ‘non-story’ on the other side of 
the Atlantic
Uruguay to promote Mercosur-China FTA: FM
29-Mar-2016 Xinhua
Uruguay expects to promote the signing of a free trade agreement between Mercosur and China when Uruguay holds its pro-tempore presidency.
CETA deal will open up new markets for Canadian beef
25-Mar-2016 Manitoba Co-operator
But that meat must be produced according to EU standards, 
which stipulate no growth hormones.
Lack of CETA compensation in budget angers dairy farmers
24-Mar-2016 iPolitics
"CETA will be implemented and there is going to be a cost burden put on our farmers, " Dairy Farmers of Canada says.
From TPP to TTIP: clues to new food trade rules
24-Mar-2016 IATP
A new paper focuses on TPP provisions that could affect food and farm systems in Europe if they were adopted in TTIP
U.S. animal product imports rise after FTA
23-Mar-2016 Korea Herald
Imports of animal products from the U.S. increased after a bilateral free trade agreement went into effect.
IFA wants Coveney to defend farmers against potential EU/Mercosur trade deal
22-Mar-2016 AgriLand
The IFA is calling on Minister Coveney and Ireland’s MEPs to come out strongly against a potential EU/Mercosur deal and in defence of farmers and the agriculture sector.
Navigating governments’ obligations in the context of land investments
17-Mar-2016 Earth Institute
A new report from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment explores the dilemmas posed by land investments under international investment treaties and human rights law.
How TPP, TTIP and agriculture are shaping EU Japan trade talks
15-Mar-2016 Bordelex
Two factors stand out in the EU Japan FTA negotiation dynamics: United States free trade agreements and the EU agriculture sector.
New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?
9-Mar-2016 GRAIN
RCEP is being negotiated behind closed doors and could sneak into Asia, destroying the livelihoods of billions of people.