food safety | SPS
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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.
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18-Apr-2018 Alternatives Economiques
Pourra-t-on encore interdire le glyphosate avec le Ceta ?
Il est au moins un domaine dans lequel un partenariat renforcé entre la France et le Canada apparaît dangereux : les normes sanitaires.
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12-Apr-2018 The Guardian
Costly medicines and pus in milk: a Brexit trade deal that’ll make you sick
The US trade barriers list shows that Liam Fox could let more than just chlorinated chicken into the UK. The public deserve to know the details
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3-Apr-2018 Iowa Farmer Today
Progress made on biotech during seventh NAFTA round
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.
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29-Mar-2018 CNCD 11.11.11
Leak : réunion d’un comité opaque du CETA sur les pesticides
Un document interne révèle le programme du comité portant sur les réglementations sanitaires et phytosanitaires, considérées par les firmes de l’agrobusiness comme des obstacles au commerce.
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29-Mar-2018 Medium
CETA: Secret committee on pesticides meets in Ottawa on March 26–27
Leaked EU documents reveal a secret committee will begin discussions on how to weaken norms on pesticides and food quality standards.
