food safety | SPS
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13-Sep-2019 The Guardian
Science on safety of chlorinated chicken ’misunderstood’
Government’s assurances that there are no health problems are misleading, say food policy experts.
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23-Aug-2019 Food Navigator
CETA raises questions over transparency of meat labelling
CETA raises many questions and it is up to food businesses to comply with various requirements, in order to highlight their products and provide accurate information.
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21-Aug-2019 Folha de S.Paulo
Trade agreement between Brazil and United States will not include free-trade
Officials participating in the negotiations say the deal not only involves taxes, but also non-tariff and investment issues.
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24-Jul-2019 Le Monde
CETA : comment le Canada tente de saper les normes européennes sur les pesticides et les OGM
Le pays avec lequel l’UE doit signer l’accord de libre-échange CETA utilise tous les leviers à sa disposition pour contourner les lois européennes et le principe de précaution.
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16-Jul-2019 Le Monde
Tout comprendre à l’accord de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Mercosur
Agriculteurs et les écologistes ne sont pas les seuls à s’inquiéter du « deal » commercial tout juste signé par l’Union européenne, mais pas encore validé.
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15-Jul-2019 Le Monde
Farines animales, antibiotiques… la grande confusion de la majorité sur le CETA
L’accord commercial entre l’Union européenne et le Canada ne devrait pas empêcher l’arrivée de bœufs nourris avec certaines farines animales et dopés avec des antibiotiques.
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5-Jul-2019 La Libre
Ceta ou santé, il faut choisir
Le combat pour défendre l’intérêt public, dont font partie la santé, l’environnement et les conditions dignes de travail, doit être mené à chaque fois qu’un traité de commerce international et de protection des investissements est annoncé.
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2-Jul-2019 LCI
Le traité de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Mercosur, un risque pour nos assiettes ?
Le Brésil épand toujours plus de produits phytosanitaires. D’après les données de vente enregistrées par les autorités environnementales brésiliennes, leur consommation a doublé en 10 ans.
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26-Jun-2019 IATP
New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals
A major focus throughout the agreement is an obvious effort to limit information provided to consumers and workers about food ingredients and nutrition, as well as the chemicals used in agriculture, consumer products and workplaces.
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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.
