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Zero duty to hit Indian dairy industry: Amul
26-Jul-2017 The Hindu
‘15 cr. farmers will be impacted by FTA’
Sweeping free trade deal poised to benefit companies at the expense of small-scale farmers
25-Jul-2017 The Christian Science Monitor
A free trade deal that would spur economic growth in the eyes of government officials could also force farmers from traditional livelihoods and disproportionately harm women, say Asian advocacy groups.
Women farmers take out rally to oppose RCEP free trade agreement
24-Jul-2017 Social Post
Women from different parts of India marched along with other marginalised communities to protest the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the mega Free Trade Agreement which is currently being negotiated in India.
FTAs loaded against Third World, says researcher
23-Jul-2017
The Andhra Pradesh government will have to pay up $ 44.71 million in damages if it loses the case in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) for cancellation of an agreement with UAE-based company Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA).
EDA expresses CETA cheese concerns
21-Jul-2017 Dairy Reporter
With implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement looming, the European Dairy Association says it would limit access of EU cheeses to the Canadian market.
The US can now ship rice to China for the first time
21-Jul-2017 Bloomberg
The rice deal comes just a month after China reopened its market to US beef imports for the first time in more than a decade and is the latest in a flurry of trade negotiations between the nations. China is also approving more biotech products and increasing US natural gas imports.
Agriculture minister says no to FTA changes on rice imports
20-Jul-2017 Korea Herald
South Korea says it will not concede to any demand for an increase in rice imports from the US, and will try to reduce them, when talks begin regarding modifications to the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement.
’Don’t make decisions about us, without us’
13-Jul-2017 Al Jazeera
Free trade agreements scripted by powerful governments and corporations destroy rural areas. Peasants will resist them!
No RCEP Campaign: Stop trading away human rights
13-Jul-2017 APWLD
The ’No RCEP’ campaign urges governments to consider the adverse impact of the mega free trade agreement
Negotiating objectives regarding modernization of NAFTA - written submission of Cargill
12-Jul-2017 Cargill
Cargill urges the Administration to seek improvements to NAFTA in the following four areas: market access; non-tariff barriers and technical barriers to trade; customs and trade facilitation; and enforcement and dispute settlement.
Italy’s farmers ’demonizing’ Canadian wheat in bid to protect domestic industry
7-Jul-2017 CBC
Mobilized by the largest agricultural organization in Europe, the farmers converged to turn up the heat on Italian politicians faced with ratifying the controversial Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.
Dairy industry likely to get more aid after EPA deal with EU
7-Jul-2017 Japan Times
Japan is expected to boost subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after reaching a broad accord on its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
Japan sacrificed cheese tariffs to get EPA done with EU
7-Jul-2017 The Mainichi
Japan and the European Union have reached a broad consensus on an Economic Partnership Agreement. How will tariffs change under the agreement?
Bilateral agreements: Where’s the US?
7-Jul-2017 Farm Journal’s Pork
National Pork Producers have let the administration know that the U.S. should focus on the Asian-Pacific area, starting with Japan.
EU and Japan FTA to boost beef and pork sales
6-Jul-2017 Global Meat News
The EU meat industry is quite pleased with the agreement in principle between EU and Japan, on the basis of the preliminary outcomes for beef and pork.
Free trade deals ‘at all cost’ frustrate Spanish farmers
6-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Spain’s agricultural sector is concerned about free trade negotiations between the European Union and third parties. The agreement with Canada (CETA) and ongoing talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur are raising doubts in the Iberian countryside.
Did free trade with U.S. undermine Canada’s public health?
4-Jul-2017 Medpage Today
NAFTA blamed for tripling Canadians’ consumption of high-fructose sweeteners.
Japan moots low-tariff import quota on cheese in EU free trade talks
4-Jul-2017 Japan Times
Japan is proposing a low-tariff import quota on some categories of European cheese in negotiations for a free trade deal with the European Union, a source close to the talks said.
Japan could dump wine tariff to sweeten EU trade deal
30-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Offering immediate removal aims for concessions as ministers meet.
U.S. grain groups testify at NAFTA hearings
29-Jun-2017 Food Business News
US Grains Council outlined improvements suggestions for the agreement, including elements drawn from the TPP text as well as updated sanitary and phytosanitary, biotechnology synchronization and energy provisions.