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Genetically modified organisms

GM food labelling in Europe will not be affected by CETA and TTIP
16-Jan-2015 Farmers Journal
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan says he will not allow any compromises on GM labelling standards in Europe in spite of fears surrounding new trade agreements with Canada and the United States.
TTIP and CETA: Opening the door to genetic engineering in agriculture and food production
14-Jan-2015 Testbiotech
A newly published Testbiotech report shows that the introduction of the new free trade agreements between EU and Canada (CETA) and the US (TTIP) will almost certainly lead to lower EU standards in protection of consumers and the environment.
Food issues will not block EU-US trade deal: German minister
12-Jan-2015 Reuters
Germany’s farm minister Christian Schmidt says the United States is likely to back down on its opposition to the compulsory labeling of products containing or fed by GMOs.
CETA should have a GMO warning label on it in Europe
5-Jan-2015 rabble
CETA establishes a biotechnology working group in order to shorten the timelines for the approval of GM crops for cultivation in the EU, strengthen "science-based" regulation and revise the "low-level presence" policy for non-GMO imported commodities.
China said to signal lifting ban on imports of GMO corn variety
17-Dec-2014 Bloomberg
China has told traders and officials that it approved lifting a ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn variety that’s commonly grown in the US as trade talks between the two countries begin today.
Trade deals criminalise farmers’ seeds
18-Nov-2014 GRAIN
From Guatemala to Ghana, from Mozambique to Malaysia, seed-saving on the farm is being turned into a criminal offence, so that half a dozen large multinational corporations can turn seeds into private property and make money from them.
TTIP talks: What’s cooking?: Perspectives on food & farming
17-Nov-2014 Greens/EFA
The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament is pleased to invite you to a conference on 10 December 2014 on the impacts of a potential EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) on food and farming.
L’accord d’association UE-Ukraine contient-il des OGM ?
3-Oct-2014 Courrier de la Russie
Un récent rapport de l’Oakland Institute révèle que l’accord d’association conclu entre l’Union européenne et l’Ukraine encouragerait cette dernière à recourir aux OGM, jusqu’à présent interdits sur son territoire. Si c’était effectivement le cas, l’Ukraine – deuxième exportateur mondial de céréales et détentrice de 22 % des terres arables d’Europe – deviendrait un véritable eldorado pour les semenciers internationaux. Alors – vrai ou faux ?
Trojan horse trade deal could increase GM food and crops in Europe
29-Sep-2014 FOEE
Fears are growing that the proposed EU-US trade deal (known as TTIP) will lead to food contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) being allowed into Europe for human consumption, despite public reassurances that food safety standards would be maintained
The carrot, the stick, and the seeds: US development policy faces resistance in El Salvador
16-Sep-2014 CIP Americas
While the seeds dispute was an effective rallying point, social movements must confront the elephant in the room – CAFTA.
EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada
5-Sep-2014 The Guardian
Britain and other European Union member states are under increasing pressure from North American business groups to open their borders to imports of genetically modified food as part of negotiations for a new Transatlantic trade deal, environmental campaigners have warned.
Guatemala repeals plant breeder rights law
5-Sep-2014 EFE
The Congress of Guatemala has repealed the controversial "Monsanto Law" which legalised property rights on plant varieties in accordance with CAFTA.
Guatemala: Under pressure from social movements, Justice temporarily suspends part of the "Monsanto Law"
3-Sep-2014 ADITAL
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has suspended the so-called "Monsanto Law" which was support enter into force, as an obligation under the US-Central America free trade agreement (CAFTA), on 26 September 2014.
Guatemalan court suspends "Monsanto Law"
2-Sep-2014 La Voz
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended the entry into force of the controversial "Monsanto Law" required by CAFTA to legalise property rights over plant varieties
Guatemala: People reject "Monsanto Law" for threatening food security
29-Aug-2014 Servindi
Guatemalan civil society has strongly rejected the country’s new plant breeders’ rights law imposed through the free trade agreement with the US (CAFTA).
Leaked document reveals US-EU trade agreement threatens public health, food safety
24-Jul-2014 IATP
A draft chapter of the US-EU trade agreement leaked today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy reveals public health and food safety could be at risk, according to an accompanying analysis.
Juncker states his opposition to fracking
10-Jul-2014 ENDS Europe
Asked about the trade deal the Commission is currently negotiating with the US, which campaigners fear will allow private companies to challenge the EU’s environmental rules, Mr Juncker stressed that the normal, publicly accountable, court system should be used instead of private courts or arbitration panels.
Seeds of discord or seeds for development – which way for US policy with El Salvador?
4-Jul-2014 Oxfam America
The controversy over government procurement of seeds in El Salvador is a clear example of how US free trade agreements with developing countries can undermine national development goals, as Oxfam warned during the negotiation and debate over CAFTA, writes Stephanie Burgos.
10 reasons TTIP is bad for good food and farming
20-May-2014 IATP
Agribusiness on both sides is pushing to rollback regulations that hinder their profits at the expense of food safety, farmers and ranchers, consumers and animal welfare.
Free trade agreement with the US threatening fruit and vegetable diversity
13-May-2014 DWN
The seed industry is planning to take advantage of the free trade agreement between the US and the EU (TTIP) to implement its patents in the European market.