Agriculture

IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for more than 35 years. Learn more about our agriculture work on our Agriculture & Food Systems page.

U.S. Will Propose ""Disproportionate"" Cut In Trade-Distorting Farm Support at WTO

The Bureau of National Affairs WASHINGTON--The United States will propose at the World Trade Organization next week that countries currently providing the highest levels of support for agriculture agree to the deepest cuts, leading to substantial reductions in trade-distorting government backing for the farm sector, U.S. officials said June 21.

Will It Help Farmers: The Upper Mississippi River Navigation Project

This paper is one in a series on the impact of expanding the navigational infrastructure on the Upper Mississippi River.

Clinton Faces European Opposition in Trade Battles over Food

New York Times | Elaine Sciolino

EU, U.S. Try to Contain Trade Row Flare-Up

By Adrian Croft LISBON, May 30 (Reuters) - European Union and U.S. leaders will try to contain a flare-up in transatlantic trade tensions -- ranging from U.S. tax breaks for exporters to EU policies on bananas and hormone-treated beef -- at a summit on Wednesday.

EU Threatens WTO Action over U.S. Sanctions Plan

BRUSSELS, May 30 (Reuters) - The European Union will launch a World Trade Organisation (WTO) complaint against the United States if it goes ahead with a plan to rotate sanctions on EU goods in rows over beef and bananas, an EU source said on Tuesday.

House, by Wide Margin, Grants Normal Trade Rights to China

The New York Times / By ERIC SCHMITT AND JOSEPH KAHN WASHINGTON, May 24 -- In a stunning victory for the Clinton administration and corporate America, the House today swept aside economic restrictions on China that were part of anti-Communist policy for two decades.

China Faces Market Opening Under WTO

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - For the Chinese, the vote in the U.S. Congress on China's trade status is a stepping stone. The real changes - cheaper imports of everything from movies and shoes to wheat and autos - will come gradually with Beijing's expected entry into the World Trade Organization.