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Focus on: TTIP, food & farming

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Bolivia could have free trade agreement with EU
8-Apr-2016 Fresh Plaza
Representative sectors in Bolivia are increasingly more interested in resuming bilateral free trade negotiations with the European Union.
TTIP to follow CETA’s geographical carve up?
31-Mar-2016 Arc2020
The European Commission released a summary of the final text of the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), which is widely regarded as a TTIP testbed.
Regulations of toxic chemicals under TTIP
23-Mar-2016 Chemistry Views
The latest TTIP proposals would allow ‘regulatory cooperation’ to affect the implementation of EU chemical laws
United States and Europe disagree on GM crops
3-Mar-2016 The Irish News
America, where GMOs have been in the human supply chain for more than two decades, want their currently banned crops to be imported into Europe.
EU poultry sector concerned about TTIP deal
25-Feb-2016 World Poultry
Representatives of the European poultry industry are increasingly expressing concerns about the upcoming free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States.
Farmers fear for their future as new TTIP round opens
22-Feb-2016 EurActiv
As negotiators prepare for the 12th round of TTIP talks, the crisis in French agriculture is compounding the sector’s fears over the trade deal.
Tariffs dropped to zero
21-Feb-2016 Correct!v
TTIP: Secret document reveals in detail the EU offer to drop 97 percent of its tariffs on US goods.
Brussels biotech lobby’s last push for ’GM 2.0’ technologies to escape regulation
3-Feb-2016 The Ecologist
With TTIP negotiations proceeding apace, environmental and sustainable farming groups must stay actively protect our hard-won - albeit imperfect - GM laws.
TTIP: The downfall of EU agriculture?
12-Jan-2016 EurActiv
A new study has concluded that TTIP threatens to completely change the way small and medium sized farms operate, through the use of more genetic engineering and more hormone-treated meat.
EU Agriculture would be gross losers in TTIP Agreement - Anderson MEP
30-Dec-2015 Farming Life
A study carried out on behalf of the US Department of Agriculture shows that EU Agriculture would be the gross loser in any of the three scenarios considered.