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’New NAFTA’ falls flat for farmers, food advocates
3-Oct-2018 IATP
The reworked agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada neglects the demands of farm groups.
’This is life or death for us’: Mexico’s farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement
3-Oct-2018 Common Dreams
Leaders of Mexico’s farm movement strongly condemned the new NAFTA, calling on the new president they supported in recent elections to get involved and slow the race to the new agreement.
Despite seed concerns, CPTPP study to proceed
1-Oct-2018 Bangkok Post
Thai farmers and civil society organisations vented their concerns about the impact of the new pact’s IP chapter that prevents them from saving and reusing seeds that contain patented plant material.
Palm oil to remain part of free trade talks despite opposition
26-Sep-2018 Swiss Info
The Swiss Senate has narrowly voted against proposals to exclude palm from any free trade agreement with Malaysia and Indonesia.
Palm oil lobbyist negotiates with Bern
25-Sep-2018 SonntagsZeitung
The chief negotiator of Indonesia sits on the board of directors of the Indonesian company Astra Agro Lestari, one of the country’s largest palm oil producers.
Japan mulls bilateral trade deal with US: Nikkei
24-Sep-2018 Reuters
Japan is mulling a bilateral trade agreement with the United States that would lower tariffs on US agriculture imports in exchange for avoiding higher tariffs on Japanese autos.
Un accord de libre-échange Suisse-Indonésie serait à bout touchant
21-Sep-2018 Le Temps
L’Indonésie n’exige plus l’abolition de droits de douane à l’importation de son huile de palme, produit contesté en Suisse, et accepte des règles strictes en matière de propriété intellectuelle.
Indonesia concludes negotiations on FTA with Australia
20-Sep-2018 US Department of Agriculture
The Indonesia-Australia agreement provides preferential access for a number of Australian agricultural products. It also provides a framework for addressing non-tariff measures.
Canada ready to allow US dairy access in NAFTA talks: sources
12-Sep-2018 Reuters
Canada is ready to offer the United States limited access to the Canadian dairy market as a concession in negotiations to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Talks over trade deal with South Americans continue amid opposition from EU farmers
11-Sep-2018 Independent.ie
EU Commission officials are in Montevideo in Uruguay to reconvene the trade talks with the Mercosur trading bloc.
Dairy farmers protest as NAFTA talks continue
7-Sep-2018 iPolitics
Some 300 farmers from across Canada took to the streets of Montreal to demand the Trudeau government make good on its promise to defend supply management.
Global day of action against WTO and free trade agreements – Call to mobilise!
6-Sep-2018 La Vía Campesina
WTO and a host of multi-lateral and bilateral Free Trade Agreements have created criminal levels of inequality.
Commission proposes to redistribute beef quota to please the US
4-Sep-2018 Euractiv
The European Commission proposed a redistribution of the existing quota for hormone-free beef in order to address longstanding demands from the US to increase its exports within the agreed limits.
NAFTA deal close, but obstacles remain
31-Aug-2018 RFI
US and Canada officials continue to meet but there are three key issues to resolve: dairy, intellectual property, dispute settlement.
Grain growers, cattlemen big winners in free trade deal with Indonesia
29-Aug-2018 Australian Financial Review
The free trade agreement with Indonesia is set to give grain growers new avenues into their biggest wheat market and put cattle producers in northern Australia on their strongest footing since 2011.
Trade agreements privatising biodiversity outside the WTO: 2018 update
28-Aug-2018 GRAIN
FTAs often oblige countries to adopt or implement the UPOV convention, what some call "Monsanto laws".
Europeans unhappy about SA’s duties on chicken
23-Aug-2018 Business Day
European chicken producers are miffed by South Africa’s decision to impose import duties on their exports, which goes against the spirit of the EPA [economic partnership agreement].
US drops agriculture demand from NAFTA talks: Mexico farm lobby
20-Aug-2018 Reuters
The United States has dropped a contentious demand from the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to impose restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports.
Beef industry wants trade agreements like TPP, not tariffs, as meat sits in storage
17-Aug-2018 Parker City News
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association would much prefer the use of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and benefit from having rules-based, science-based trade from those free trade agreements.
Chicken woman has a lesson on fowl play for SA
16-Aug-2018 IOL
The EU threatens now and again to force Cameroon to open its markets, given its status as a signatory to the Economic Partnership Agreement.