11-Apr-2018
The Cattle Sight
South Korea’s agriculture, livestock, and seafood industries suffered around one trillion won (about $1 billion) in production losses in the five years after the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) took effect, a report shows.
10-Apr-2018
Prachatai English
An amendment recently introduced in Thai parliaments will take seeds out of the hands of women, farmers and indigenous peoples who have kept seeds, shared seeds and developed a wealth of local knowledge on plant varieties— and put them instead in the hands of large corporations.
10-Apr-2018
La Via Campesina
For land and for life! Enough free trade agreements, enough impunity!
4-Apr-2018
KBS World Radio
A new report finds that US fruit exports to South Korea surged 140 percent since the 2012 effectuation of the two nations’ bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
3-Apr-2018
Bangor Daily News
This anti-labeling policy is unnecessary and inappropriate in a trade agreement, and it’s downright dangerous for our nation’s health.
3-Apr-2018
Iowa Farmer Today
Negotiators closed the chapter on good regulatory practices, the sixth chapter to be completed. They have also finished on the sanitary-phytosanitary measures chapter. All three countries also agreed to establish a formal energy chapter.
2-Apr-2018
Yonhap News Agency
South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed the recently concluded negotiations between his country and the United States to revise their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) Monday, saying it will benefit both countries.
21-Mar-2018
The New York Times
The contentious negotiations over the fate of the North American Free Trade Agreement have veered into one of the world’s most pressing health issues: fighting obesity.
14-Mar-2018
Narendra Modi may decide on course of RCEP trade talks
The development comes after a meeting convened by the prime minister’s office saw growing opposition to RCEP FTA from the secretaries of various government departments
7-Mar-2018
The Edge Markets
Palm oil would be at the top of Malaysia’s agenda on its free trade talks under the Asean with the European Union (EU).