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Ceta and pesticides: A citizens’ rights issue
18-Jul-2017 EU Observer
The EU will soon be forced to choose between honouring its trade commitments and abiding by the law on public access to environmental information.
Report: CETA threatens European Union pesticide protections
7-Jul-2017 Common Dreams
A new report warns that the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) would weaken EU pesticide protections and increase human and environmental exposure to dangerous pesticides.
Italy’s farmers ’demonizing’ Canadian wheat in bid to protect domestic industry
7-Jul-2017 CBC
Mobilized by the largest agricultural organization in Europe, the farmers converged to turn up the heat on Italian politicians faced with ratifying the controversial Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.
E-commerce, border technology top NAFTA wish list
19-Jun-2017 Fleet Owner
U.S. flooded wth comments ahead of renegotiation of trade deal.
The little deal that could: Canada & the E.U. ink the biggest global trade-deal in two decades
10-Mar-2017 Jamie’s Food Revolution
After seven long years of negotiation fraught with controversy, the two trade blocks have cemented the ‘Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement’ – aka. CETA.
Du bœuf canadien irradié bientôt dans nos assiettes ?
24-Feb-2017 La Libre
Avec la validation du CETA, les consommateurs européens vont-ils à l’avenir trouver du bœuf canadien irradié dans les rayons des supermarchés ou leurs assiettes ?
Brussels ‘will block’ GM food from Britain
17-Feb-2017 The Times
Last month the UK government approved field trials of GM wheat and is expected to give the go-ahead to trials of a potato genetically modified to be resistant to blight
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft sanitary and phytosanitary measures chapter (December 2016)
14-Feb-2017 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
Trump has one big idea to fix America’s trade deals. It’s not very good.
8-Feb-2017 Slate
If governments turn out to be absolutely desperate to sign FTAs with the US they won’t have much choice but to deal with an administration whose motto is “America first”, which may mean learning to love all our genetically modified produce, among other concessions.
Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
31-Jan-2017 The Guardian
Consumers could be exposed to American farming practices banned by the EU.
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (November 2016)
12-Dec-2016 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
New endocrine disruptor rules address your trade concerns, EU tells US, Canada
12-Dec-2016 EurActiv
The European Commission told the US and Canada that draft EU pesticides laws would “address the concerns” they had over possible trade restrictions on goods exposed to endocrine disruptors.
How will Trump’s presidency affect the global food industry?
14-Nov-2016 Just-food
The election of Trump could well have significant long-term implications for global food security and efforts to tackle climate change.
India to US: Will not tighten IPR rules beyond TRIPS mandate
21-Oct-2016 Hindu Business Line
India and the US continued to differ on the issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) norms in their bilateral trade and investment policy discussions
US unhappy over lack of progress on pork imports
6-Oct-2016 Taipei Times
The US has expressed disappointment with a lack of progress on issues related to US pork imports to Taiwan in the latest round of talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.
Brazil wants free trade within MERCOSUR
30-Sep-2016 Mexico Star
The Brazilian government has discussed measures to eliminate internal obstacles and make free trade possible between member countries of the Southern Common Market.
New rules to regulate Europe’s hormone-disrupting chemicals
17-Jun-2016 The Guardian
European commission launches world’s first system for classifying and banning endocrine disruptors against a barrage of criticism
TTIP talks bogged down in food standards debate
16-Jun-2016 EurActiv
Seemingly insurmountable differences in food standards are threatening to sink trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union.
Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems
27-May-2016 IATP
The leaked TTIP text provides important insights into the direction of the trade talks, and raises alarm bells for advocates of fair and sustainable food and farming systems.
CETA could mean GM salmon exports to Europe
23-May-2016 Council of Canadians
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) could mean that genetically modified salmon will be sold as food to Europeans.