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Alphachat podcast: Joe Stiglitz on minimum wage, monetary policy, TPP and more
26-Aug-2015 FT Alphaville
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses TPP.
TPP set to devour Vietnamese livestock
26-Aug-2015 AAP
TPP members such as the US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia will undoubtedly swallow the livestock industry in one big gulp, Nguyen Duc Thanh, director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research says, putting the livelihoods of 10 million Vietnamese family farmers at risk.
TTIP between US and EU ‘threatens Maltese farmers and consumers’
23-Aug-2015 Malta Independent
The TTIP deal between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) could have a considerable impact on the way in which food and commodities are produced, traded and regulated, with impacts for farmers and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Agriculteurs : les raisons de la colère !
21-Aug-2015 Agoravox
Les agriculteurs se retrouvent pris en étau entre d’une part la baisse des prix payés pour leur production et d’autre part la course au rendement, dans une fuite en avant de la production agricole transformée en agro-industrie.
L’accord commercial entre le Kenya et l’Ouganda est entré en vigueur
21-Aug-2015 Star Africa
L’Ouganda est prêt à mettre en œuvre l’accord commercial bilatéral que les présidents Yoweri Museveni et Uhuru Kenyatta ont signé.
The perfect pinta vs. the TTIP trade tanker
21-Aug-2015 The Ecologist
Britain’s dairy farmers have been having a hard time largely thanks to their exposure to an unregulated, unstable, global food market.
Zeybekci suggests renewal of FTA with Serbia, BiH
19-Aug-2015 Daily Sabah
Turkey is ready to the fullest extent to expand the free trade agreements to the service, public, food, agriculture and e-commerce sectors
Ex-minister seeks to outlaw TPP
18-Aug-2015 Agri HQ
Not content with suing the Japanese government, a lawyer and former Japanese agriculture minister has been leading a group who filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government
Chicken war with US shows free trade threat to Vietnamese farmers
18-Aug-2015
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the US for the loss of almost $14,000 this year.
Tariff cuts, exemptions for Vietnam-EU FTA clarified
17-Aug-2015 Vietnamnet Bridge
The European Union (EU) will remove 85.6% of tariff lines for Vietnam’s goods exports immediately after a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the two sides comes into force.
La marché du porc : un problème politique européen !
14-Aug-2015 Economie Matin
Ce n’est pas au niveau national, table ronde ou pas au ministère de l’Agriculture, que le problème pourra se résoudre.
TPP in trouble: why we can win this fight!
14-Aug-2015 Friends of the Earth
Time is running out for a congressional vote on a completed TPP deal during President Obama’s term of office.
Why Europe and the US are locked in a food fight over TTIP
8-Aug-2015 The Conversation
It is not certain whether TTIP will relent and grant European food products even the limited protection they have under CETA
Livestock may struggle after TPP
7-Aug-2015 Vietnam Economic Times
Vietnam’s livestock sector, on which the livelihoods of nearly 10 million people depend, may be negatively affected the most after the Trans-Pacific Partnership comes into being
Food exporters may have to rebadge food labels as a result of free trade deals
6-Aug-2015 ABC Rural
Food exporters are being warned they could face the costly process of rebadging food labels as a result of free trade deals
Crise de l’élevage, crise de modèle
3-Aug-2015 Global
Sous la contrainte de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) et des traités de libre-échange, l’Union européenne a abandonné la régulation de ses productions agricoles et supprimé la préférence communautaire.
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal threatened by dairy wrangle
27-Jul-2015 Financial Review
A complex stand-off over dairy exports could be the key determinant of whether trade ministers seal an agreement on the TPP this week.
EU farmers association reacts to likely duty-free rice imports from Vietnam under bilateral FTA
24-Jul-2015 Oryza.com
As negations between the European Union and Vietnam regarding the EU-Vietnam Bilateral Free Trade Agreement are in their final stages, the European association of EU farmers unions and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) has expressed concern about the future of the EU rice growing sector.
PH wants agri products included in European free trade pact
20-Jul-2015 Rappler
The Philippines is negotiating for the inclusion of processed tropical fruits and durable fresh products as part of the ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association. EFTA, in turn, wants zero tariff market access for fish.
Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
16-Jul-2015 International Institute for Environment and Development
New IIED report finds that investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks.