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La Confédération paysanne occupied Cargill headquarters in France
25-Sep-2014 Confédération Paysanne
To denounce the imminent signature of CETA and demand to stop negotiations on TTIP, the Confédération paysanne (2nd largest farmer union in France) occupied yesterday headquarters of Cargill FR, the first food processing multinational in the world.
Cargill, la première multinationale agroalimentaire, dans le viseur des paysans
24-Sep-2014 Basta !
Le siège social français de la multinationale Cargill est occupé depuis 9h, ce 24 septembre, par une centaine de militants de la Confédération paysanne qui protestent contre le projet de traité économique et commercial entre l’Union européenne et le Canada (CETA)
Study: Risks and opportunities for the EU agri-food sector in a possible EU-US trade agreement
17-Sep-2014 European Parliament
TTIP "could lead to major changes in EU legislation, which may undermine the traditional EU precaution and risk management policy on which the current regulatory framework is based" says study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Minister: Australia’s “food bowl of Asia” no threat to Chinese farmers
16-Sep-2014 Food Navigator Asia
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce is touring China in a bid to assuage local farmers’ fears over Australia’s ambition to be the “food bowl of Asia” as the two countries attempt to reach a conclusion to talks over a free-trade agreement.
The carrot, the stick, and the seeds: US development policy faces resistance in El Salvador
16-Sep-2014 CIP Americas
While the seeds dispute was an effective rallying point, social movements must confront the elephant in the room – CAFTA.
600,000 sugar workers’ jobs in peril when ASEAN Free Trade Agreement takes effect in 2015 - SRA
8-Sep-2014 Interaksyon
The implementation of the Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in 2015 may imperil the livelihood of about 62,000 sugar farmers and 600,000 sugar workers in the Philippines, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said.
Suckler cows sector could be hit by EU-US trade agreement, study says
5-Sep-2014 Global Meat News
The conclusion of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the European Union and the US could have serious adverse consequences for the EU suckler cows sector, European experts claim.
US dairy groups oppose Canadian market access restrictions
4-Sep-2014 Dairy Herd Management
US dairy companies are putting up a fight against the pending Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA) which they saw would give the EU exclusive access to more than 70% of Canada’s “Most Favored Nation” cheese imports.
Farmers take to Twitter with FTA fight
2-Sep-2014 Stock and Land
Australian dairy farmers fight hard for better access to China’s market under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, launching a social media campaign that reached 1.6 million Twitter users.
Chlorine chicken: No thank you
20-Aug-2014 DW
There’s strong criticism of the planned free trade agreement TTIP. Europe’s organic farming sector is especially skeptical. Deutsche Welle reports.
Don’t let Americans put hormones and pesticides in our dinner, warns Jamie Oliver as he launches latest food offensive
17-Aug-2014 Daily Mail
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is planning a campaign to stop British food standards being lowered to allow American food imports pumped full of pesticides and hormones into the UK under TTIP.
EU sugar industry fears import pressures In TTIP talks
15-Aug-2014 American Ag Radio Network
Europe’s sugar industry fears there could be sugar imports from the combined US and Mexican market if sugar is becomes part of the ongoing Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
FTAs key for Aus agribusiness: Rabo
13-Aug-2014 North Queensland Register
A new report released by global agribusiness specialist Rabobank points to free trade agreements (FTAs) and building strategic government and business relationships as the keys to improving market access for Australian exporters.
South Korea farmers begin fresh protests against rice market liberalization
1-Aug-2014 Oryza.com
Farmers are demanding a Rice Tariff Law and also want the government to exclude rice from all future Free Trade Agreements (FTA).
US lawmakers warn Japan, Canada on Pacific trade deal talks
1-Aug-2014 Reuters
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Wednesday said Japan’s refusal to drop all barriers to farm imports under a Pacific trade deal was unacceptable and urged the US administration to cut Japan and Canada out of the talks if they did not give ground.
GIs becoming growing cheese trade barrier
30-Jul-2014 Dairy Herd Management
The US National Milk Producers Federation and the US Dairy Export Council say that geographical indications established as a direct result of EU FTAs are a new and growing type of trade barrier restricting access to the Korean and other markets for key US cheeses.
Mexico purchases of US corn more than double
25-Jul-2014 Midwest Producer
As a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement and other factors, Mexico has already more than doubled its imports of US corn this year.
Peroxyacetic acid rinsing of poultry meat - BEUC position paper published
16-Jul-2014 BEUC
BEUC has just published its position paper on the use of peroxyacetic acid rinses of poultry meat. This chemical wash is currently banned in the EU. However, pressure from the United States might reverse the trend.
Farmers protest China FTA in Seoul
10-Jul-2014 Yonhap
Thousands of South Korean farmers rallied in Seoul on Thursday, protesting Chinese demands for more access to the local agricultural market as part of a planned free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea.
Mexico: FTA’s only help the large poultry producer
4-Jul-2014 World Poultry
The free trade agreements signed by the Mexican government may have advantages for large Mexican companies but create problems for hundreds of poultry farmers in the country.