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Bacon with banned additive among risks of US-UK trade deal
17-Jan-2018 The Guardian
Soil Association issues top 10 food safety concerns posed by a transatlantic free-trade deal.
US urges UK to cut EU rules after Brexit to boost trade
5-Jan-2018 Bloomberg
US trade official says it is ‘difficult’ to do business with EU and Brexit offers chance to press the ‘reset button’.
US and Australia meet to review bilateral FTA
3-Jan-2018 Global Trade
Officials from the United States and Australia held a meeting of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee to review the implementation of the FTA.
UK demands secrecy in Brexit trade talks with US
21-Dec-2017 i News
The British Government has demanded total secrecy in its free trade talks with the US for a post-Brexit deal.
Gove: UK would not compromise with US on food standards
20-Dec-2017 The Guardian
Environment secretary sets up possible clash in future US trade talks over retaining EU regulations post-Brexit.
EU-Japan FTA: Agriculture & SPS draft chapters (June, Nov 2017)
7-Dec-2017
EU-Mercosur FTA: draft chapters (July 2017)
7-Dec-2017 Greenpeace
8 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
Research on the impacts of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations
6-Dec-2017
Analysis of draft texts, especially the chapters on goods, SPS, TBT and government procurement.
Trump adviser Ross says UK-US trade deal will mean scrapping EU rules
8-Nov-2017 The Guardian
Commerce secretary’s comments suggest Britain will have to accept chlorinated chicken in post-Brexit agreement.
Canadian pork producers one step closer to exporting to EU following CETA
31-Oct-2017 National Hog Farmer
Focus now turns to getting EU to approve antimicrobial interventions used in Canada to enhance food safety.
South Africa fails to exploit free trade agreement access to massive EU market
17-Oct-2017 Daily Maverick
So-called SPS – Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary – issues identified as the main culprit. "Sometimes ostensible SPS issues were in fact disguised trade protectionism," said South Africa Trade Minister.
France seeks food safety inclusion in EU-Mercosur deal - envoy
17-Oct-2017 Reuters
France will propose changing the European Commission’s mandate to negotiate a trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc to include food safety provisions.
EU and Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO
4-Oct-2017 Reuters
The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade under the EU/Canada Comprehensive Economic and Free Trade Agreement (CETA).
Indonesia in sugar, pesticide deal
25-Sep-2017 PNG Industry News
Indonesia will lower the tariff on our sugar exports. In exchange for the sugar deal Australia will eliminate import duties on Indonesian herbicides and pesticides.
CETA’s bitter taste for European food and agriculture
21-Sep-2017 IATP
CETA stealthily packages several controversial elements that leave a bitter taste for European food and agriculture.
US examines food standards
15-Aug-2017 Khmer Times
The United States, one of the Cambodia’s key trading partners, is going to assess sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural products to be exported to the US.
Food is at the center of US-UK trade concerns
11-Aug-2017 WBFO
Since it has been a member of the European Union, Britain has ratcheted up its standards. There’s a Europeanization of culinary culture. And we’re going to see whether it becomes the McDonaldization of culture.
The return of the chlorinated chicken
1-Aug-2017 EU Observer
Britain’s international trade minister who wants to stitch up a deal with the US thinks that the ‘chlorinated chicken’ debate is an insignificant detail and the latest example of unpatriotic treachery by a hostile media.
UK will not accept chlorinated chicken to secure US trade deal - minister
26-Jul-2017 Reuters
"We are not going to dilute our high animal welfare standards or our high environmental standards in pursuit of any trade deal", the environment minister Michael Gove said after his trade counterpart Liam Fox was criticised for dismissing the issue
UK’s animal welfare standards ’threatened by post-Brexit trade deals’
25-Jul-2017 The Guardian
House of Lords report warns farmers will be pressured by imports from countries that use cheaper methods to produce food