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How will free trade deal with EU affect Korea`s farmers?
6-May-2011
The National Assembly has ratified the free trade agreement with the European Union, which will allow the deal to take effect in July.
U.S. to raise beef issue following KORUS FTA
6-May-2011
The Obama administration will request consultations with Korea on the possibility of wider access to the Korean beef market once their pending free trade deal comes into force.
Pork exports to India tied to FTA breakthrough
23-Apr-2011
Canadian producers hope free trade negotiations with India will result in that country allowing imports of Canadian pork products, according to an official with one of the agencies trying to open those doors.
Korea-US Free Trade Agreement another cash cow for corporations
13-Apr-2011 Madison.com
"If the argument in favor of KORUS is increased corporate profit, fine, call it that, but it is a perverse misrepresentation to imply that US farmers and workers will profit," says Wisconsin dairy farmer Jim Goodman
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.
Regional farmers critical of Caribbean governments
6-Apr-2011
Small farmer organisations from across the Caribbean have criticized regional governments and their bureaucrats for leaving them to “see for themselves” during a period of rising food prices and declining agricultural products.
Firsthand look at FTA’s
31-Mar-2011 Line on Agriculture
A group of farmers and ranchers from the US’s largest farm organization will be heading to South and Central America to show support for pending free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama.
Farmers Union opposes trade agreement
29-Mar-2011
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said March 16 that the organization’s decision to oppose the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement primarily was based on the group’s longstanding views rather than the failure of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to send a speaker to its recent convention in San Antonio, but a USTR spokeswoman said that USTR regrets any confusion surrounding Farmers Union’s request for a speaker.
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.
Indian farmers call off a massive planned siege of New Delhi after talk and commitments from Prime Minister
10-Mar-2011 LVC South Asia
The main demands of the farmers were to improve farmers incomes through more remunerative and scientifically calculated support prices, to provide health care to farm families, to scrap all agriculture deals in the various ongoing secret negotiations of bilateral FTAs and the WTO, to ban GMOs permanently since there is no need for them, to reduce the rate of farm loans.
Comesa developing agro-processing sector strategy
9-Mar-2011
COMESA is developing an agro-processing sector strategy in partnership with the International Trade Centre under the All-African Caribbean Pacific Agricultural Commodities Programme.
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.
Vilsack calls for deal’s early ratification to increase agricultural exports
8-Mar-2011
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday called for early ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea, expressing hope that the deal will greatly increase shipments of U.S. agricultural products to South Korea.
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.
Free trade: US corn flows south, Mexico exports men
2-Feb-2011 McClatchy
"The government [of Mexico] didn’t so much pull the plug on corn. The government pulled the plug on family farmers who grow corn because the big guys who grew corn got massive subsidies and protection from imports," said Jonathan Fox, an expert on rural Mexico at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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.
South Korean farmers protest against free trade agreement with US
9-Dec-2010 NTDTV
South Korean farmers staged a protest on Wednesday, urging their government to abolish the US- South Korea free trade agreement.
Stalled trade pact with Europe leaves exporters exposed
3-Dec-2010
Kenya’s fish and horticultural exporters face another year of uncertain trade relations with Europe, putting billions of shillings at stake.
NFU puts trade, supply management on agenda
3-Dec-2010
Terry Boehm is having a busy week. The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) just returned on Tuesday from a trip overseas, landing at the forefront of the NFU’s 41st annual convention, which starts today in Saskatoon. About 250 people from across the country are expected to attend the yearly event, which covers a range of issues from free trade to green initiatives.