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Trade deals boosting climate change: the food factor
26-Oct-2015 GRAIN
New trade deals like CETA, TPP and TTIP will likely increase the production, trade and consumption of industrial food, with important implications in terms of climate change.
Geographical indications in TTIP: an impossible task
23-Oct-2015 Cato
The protection of geographical indications (GIs) is slated to be one of the more contentious parts of the TTIP negotiations.
Japan mulls extra budget to bolster agricultural sector in wake of TPP pact
22-Oct-2015 The Asahi Shimbun
The government is preparing a supplementary budget to help farmers compete with cheaper imported crops under the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact, which obligates Japan to lift tariffs on many agricultural products.
Gov’t to mull collecting sales promotion funds from farmers
21-Oct-2015 The Mainichi
The government will look into collecting funds from farmers and other producers to be utilized in promotional activities for their products.
Japan to remove tariffs on 95.1% of imports under TPP pact
21-Oct-2015 Japan Today
The Japanese government said that it will eventually remove tariffs on 95.1% of farm, industrial and other imported products in value terms under the recently sealed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
More TPP pork trade details announced
20-Oct-2015 National Hog Farmer
The following is a U.S. Meat Export Federation summary of the preliminary details related to U.S. pork trade.
Japan to lift duties on all vegetables, most fishery products under TPP
20-Oct-2015 The Japan Times
The government said it will lift tariffs on all vegetables and most fishery products under the recently inked Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Malaysia in talks on FTA with Bosnia and Herzegovina
19-Oct-2015 The Star
The Malaysian Government is in discussions on establishing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Free trade great for corporations, not farmers
13-Oct-2015 WCF Courier
Big Agbiz are global buyers and sellers who, when able to play both sides of any trade-leveled playing field the world over, rarely lose.
No to FTAs!
8-Oct-2015 Ibon
TPP, like other Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), is fashioned by industrial countries and their transnational corporations to further intensify the concentration of resources, wealth, and power into their hands leaving developing countries.
The meat industry is licking its chops over Obama’s massive trade deal
7-Oct-2015 Mother Jones
The US meat industry scored a big victory when world leaders hammered out an agreement that would reduce trade barriers across the Pacific.
India-EU FTA: time for a fundamental rethink?
7-Oct-2015 Madhyam
India and EU would soon resume negotiations on the stalled India-EU free trade agreement.
Japanese rice farmers upset over broad TPP agreement
7-Oct-2015 The Mainichi
Many farmers in Japan have started to feel increasingly insecure about their future as 12 Pacific Rim countries including Japan reached a broad agreement on the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade initiative.
Taiwan to stand firm on US pork ractopamine ban: official
7-Oct-2015 Want China Times
Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture said that it will insist that the country maintain a ban on pork imported from the United States containing traces of leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine
Some highlights of the new 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
5-Oct-2015 The Brandon Sun
Some highlights of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement as described by the Canadian government Monday as it shared details of a deal to create the largest-ever regional trading bloc.
Latest TIFA talks ’productive’: US
2-Oct-2015 The China Post
The latest round of trade talks between Taiwan and the U.S. under the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) made much ground in a number of areas but both sides have yet to reach consensus on issues such as U.S. pork imports.
TIFA talks ignore interests of ordinary citizens: groups
2-Oct-2015 Taipei Times
The latest round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks with the US ignores the interests of ordinary citizens, labor activists said yesterday.
Free trade and protectionism don’t mix
2-Oct-2015 Ottawa Citizen
Dairy farmers from around Ottawa took their cows and tractors to Parliament Hill this week, to protest the changes they expect in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
TPP trade talks extended as negotiators struggle for a deal
2-Oct-2015 Hurriyet Daily News
The talks remained bogged down after two days of negotiations between ministers from the United States, Japan, Australia and nine other countries over a handful of sticky issues.
Nouvelle tentative pour conclure l’accord commercial trans-pacifique (TPP)
2-Oct-2015 La Libre
Les représentants de 12 pays riverains du Pacifique se réunissent à Atlanta pour tenter de parvenir à une entente sur un vaste accord commercial, connu sous son acronyme TPP.