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Philippines’ RCEP ratification: a deadly blow for the country’s agriculture
21-Mar-2023 MASIPAG
The country’s economic sovereignty that will supposedly provide a ground for the flourishing of local agriculture and production has been once again gnawed by global corporate interests.
Position paper on pure food and genetic modification
21-Mar-2023 Ngā Toki Whakarururanga
Ngā Toki Whakarururanga believes IPEF provisions would cut across the rights, interests, duties and responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples throughout the region.
Austrian agriculture minister says ‘no’ to Mercosur deal amid industry pressure
21-Mar-2023 Euractiv
Agriculture Minister said he opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement during the Agriculture Council in Brussels on despite alleged industry pressure on the minister in charge of giving Austria’s final decision.
US farm, food groups urge Congress to pass authority for new trade deals
17-Mar-2023 Reuters
More than 50 US agriculture and food groups urged Congress to approve new legislation enabling the United States to negotiate more free-trade agreements.
Free trade or just green trade?
16-Mar-2023 Foreign Policy in Focus
Corporations are using trade and investment treaties to handcuff global and national efforts to save the planet. Resistance to the corporate-friendly trade architecture has come from many corners of the globe.
UK and Canada ‘break impasse’ on Indo-Pacific trade pact
15-Mar-2023 Politico
Britain’s trade chief Kemi Badenoch and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng settled differences in a move that bodes well for the UK’s post-Brexit hopes of joining a key Indo-Pacific trade bloc.
IPEF is only to save US corporations from crisis while continue to eliminate people’s rights
15-Mar-2023 Solidaritas Perempuan
Indonesian Civil Society held a protest today in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to express its rejection of the IPEF. In the midst of the global economic crisis, the US is trying to rebuild its national industrialisation with a less open free trade agreement and push for policy harmonisation based on US standards.
UK-Canada trade chiefs to meet after ‘sour’ Indo-Pacific talks
14-Mar-2023 Politico
Along with Mexico, Canada is pushing for the UK to offer the same market access it granted on agriculture as it did in pacts with Australia and New Zealand.
Brazil, Australia start agricultural trade deal talks
13-Mar-2023 The Canberra Times
The Brazilian and Australian governments have opened talks aimed at forging new agricultural trade agreements after representatives of both countries met this week, the Brazilian agriculture ministry says.
Macron says the EU-Mercosur deal cannot fly without ‘mirror clauses’
27-Feb-2023 Euractiv
There can be no EU-Mercosur deal without mirror clauses that would force producers from both sides of the world to respect the same environmental and health standards, French President Emmanuel Macron told farmers in Paris this weekend.
Batters tells NFU conference to call for action on food supply
24-Feb-2023 The Scottish Farmer
She raised concerns on the cumulative impact of the trade deals with New Zealand and Australia, as well as on the current negotiations with Canada and Mexico, both members of CPTPP which the UK is hoping to join this year.
No to RCEP! don’t make the Philippines an “ukay-ukay” Republic!!
24-Feb-2023 The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
The Senate should withhold its concurrence with the treaty until the necessary policies, strategies, and programs are emplaced so that the RCEP benefits, and does not harm, the agricultural sector and the economy as a whole.
Farmers make a final appeal to Senators to reject RCEP
21-Feb-2023 The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said the Philippines’ agriculture sector stands to lose the most under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreements.
Australia closer to a free trade pact with EU but minister warns there won’t be a deal ‘for the sake of it’
15-Feb-2023 The Guardian
Negotiators make progress in Canberra but thorny issue of geographical indicators is believed to remain a sticking point.
US ’disappointed’ in Mexico’s new GMO corn decree -ag secretary
15-Feb-2023 Reuters
The United States is "disappointed" in the Mexican government’s announcement which walked back a deadline to ban genetically modified corn for animal feed and industrial use in the country, but retained its plans to ban the corn for human consumption.
Kenya, US to hold talks on strategic trade and investment partnership in Feb
9-Feb-2023 Capital News
The United States and Kenya will hold an in-person round of conceptual discussions under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) in Washington, DC, from February 6-10, 2023.
Without public participation, the Indonesia-EU CEPA negotiations potentially create a multidimensional crisis in Indonesia
9-Feb-2023 Indonesia for Global Justice
The Indonesian CSOs assesses that the I-EU CEPA Agreement will deepen the crisis of democracy, climate and social justice for all Indonesian people. For this reason, the MKE Coalition urges the Government of Indonesia to not submitting the agreement before they can guarantee legal certainty for the fulfillment of democratic rights, guarantees for the protection of human rights, social justice, and sustainable environment.
Senate to resume RCEP deliberations
6-Feb-2023 Manila Bulletin
Farmer groups maintain their opposition against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) as Senate resumes its deliberations Tuesday, Feb. 7, on the country’s participation in the mega trade deal.
US filing another dairy dispute with Canada under USMCA trade deal
1-Feb-2023 Global News
The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada’s failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers.
Agricultural groups say RCEP trade deal to hurt local farmers
1-Feb-2023 ABS CBN News
Several agricultural groups reiterated their opposition to the ratification of the Philippine participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) saying it could hurt local farmers.