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9-May-2019 Fortune
Why the new US-EU trade talks may be doomed before they even start
That’s in part because of a long-running catch 22: the US won’t contemplate a deal that doesn’t include agricultural goods, and the EU, keen to protect its own farmers and maintain food standards, refuses to allow a deal that does include them.
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3-May-2019 Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie
ALECA et agriculture: Au-delà des barrières tarifaires
L’objectif de l’étude est d’analyser la proposition de l’UE, dans le cadre de l’ALECA, de démantèlement tarifaire réciproque dans le secteur de l’agriculture de l’UE et de la Tunisie.
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23-Apr-2019 Alberta Farmer Express
C’est bon: French politicians check out Alberta cattle ranch
Bringing European officials to cattle country is part of a multi-pronged effort to sell beef to the EU.
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16-Apr-2019 IATP
Food standards on the menu at US-EU talks
The US negotiating objectives clearly intend to cover agriculture broadly. One of the trade negotiation mandates adopted by the EU addresses domestic regulatory changes which does not exclude agriculture.
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25-Mar-2019 Business Insider
UK will be forced to accept US food standards in a Brexit trade deal with Trump, warns former trade chief
The UK will be forced to accept US demands for the UK to change its food safety standards if it enters into a post-Brexit trade deal with the Trump administration
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21-Mar-2019 Journal de Montréal
Les transnationales au pouvoir grâce aux politiciens
Ce sont des élus qui dérèglementent le marché du travail, qui réduisent les irritants environnementaux ou qui vont promulguer en catimini et sans aucune consultation des beaux traités de libre-échange.
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19-Mar-2019 Business Report
Sacu, Mozambique fail to reach agreement to cushion Brexit impact
Issue with “cumulation,” which relates to certificates of origin required by exporters to both regions and differences in relation to timeframes for the continued recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements are not resolved.
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7-Mar-2019 BBC
US ambassador defends farming record on chicken and beef
The UK should accept American meat as part of a post-Brexit trade deal, says US ambassador to the UK .
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1-Mar-2019 The Guardian
Concern over food safety as US seeks greater access to UK markets
US sets out aims for post-Brexit trade deal amid fears about chicken and beef standards.
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21-Feb-2019 Taipei Times
USDA to send trade mission in April
The US has long criticized Taiwan’s zero-tolerance policy regarding meat product imports and views Taiwan’s ractopamine ban as a trade barrier.
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20-Feb-2019 IATP
Agribusiness’s secretive plans to unravel food safety and worker protections
Little-known council linked to NAFTA subverts public safety to free trade.
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22-Jan-2019 Unearthed
US agribusiness lobby calls on Trump to target UK food and environment rules in Brexit trade deal
American negotiators urged to push the UK into scrapping regulations on pesticides, genetically-modified crops, and the production of chicken and meat products
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5-Nov-2018 The Guardian
Post-Brexit US trade deal risk to food safety, says ex-environment minister
Lord Deben believes the British public will not accept lower standards of animal welfare.
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12-Oct-2018
EU-US engagement on regulatory issues
Leaked from the European Commission
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23-Aug-2018 20 minutes
Interdire les pesticides de synthèse? C’est non
Le Conseil fédéral s’est prononcé contre l’initiative «pour une Suisse libre de pesticides de synthèse». Une interdiction d’importer serait en outre en partie contraire aux accords de libre-échange conclus par la Suisse.
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6-Aug-2018 IATP
Five red flags for food, farming and fair trade under the UK’s new Brexit plan
“Brexit” presents a number of significant risks to the future of sustainable food and agriculture in both the UK and the EU.
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12-Jul-2018 Unearthed
UK-India trade review calls for flexibility on food standards and chemical rules
Confidential document details complaints over EU rules on imports such as rice and paneer ahead of prospective post-Brexit trade talks.
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6-Jun-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s ’hormone beef’ not to Brexit Britain’s taste: report
One of Australia’s supposed key demands for a free trade deal with the UK – their agreeing to buy our hormone-treated beef – is “almost impossible” for the UK to agree to, according to a new report by an anti-Brexit think tank.
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28-May-2018 The Guardian
Chicken safety fear as chlorine washing fails bacteria tests
British microbiologists find that American technique at heart of Brexit trade row does not kill listeria and salmonella
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24-Apr-2018 Farmers Weekly
Scots call for halt to EU’s Mercosur trade talks
Scottish farm leaders have urged the European Commission to postpone its “reckless” trade negotiations with the Mercosur block of South American countries because of fears over the damage it could inflict on the beef sector.
