Agriculture

Europe Guilty of ""Bio-Colonialism"", Say Organic Farmers

PANOS-ID21 Feature | June 30, 1999 | By Lezak Shallat SANTIAGO - Organic farmers in Chile are finding that a high demand for their products in health-conscious European countries doesn't necessarily mean a guaranteed - let alone a growing - market.

Dioxin: It""s What""s for Dinner!

Food safety or weird science? In These Times | by TERRY ALLEN Between mid-January and the end of May, hundreds of tons of food - potentially contaminated with dioxin and PCBs - entered the United States from Europe. Some already has been eaten, some still sits on shelves in stores and pantries.

America Angry and Puzzled by EU "False Science"

Scotsman | May 20, 1999 SENATOR Kit Bond was unequivocal when asked what America's next move would be on the European Union's refusal to accept beef imports because of hormone fears. "Retaliation," he said. "We have gone through all the hoops they wanted for ten years and they still won't take our beef. We have no choice but to take trade action."

Testimony on the World Trade Organization Negotiations

Niel Ritchie, National Organizer for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, testified before the U.S. Agriculture Policy Forum, held on June 7, 1999 in Saint Paul, MN., on domestic agriculture policy and the so-called Freedom to Farm legislation.

APEC Summit Plans to Take Measures for Food Security

By Rupa Damodaran / New Straits Times / Tuesday April 27, 1999 / p.24 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in New Zealand in September this year is expected to seek new measures towards achieving food security in the region.

The Continuing Threat from Trade Negotiations

This article was published in the Dollars and Sense, March/April, Number 222. Providing a brief history of GATT/WTO, the authors then go on to explain the relationship between agriculture and intellectual property rights (Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS) and why the stalled Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) could be resurrected.

Washington Apples Facing Tough Competition

The Associated Press | January 14, 1999 WENATCHEE, Wash.-- Washington apple growers are facing some brutal competition in Hong Kong, their third-largest export market. Cheaper Fuji apples from China are taking a bite out of Washington Red Delicious sales in a traditionally busy period. "The Chinese Fuji is the buy right now," Dave Mathison, president of Stemilt Management Inc.

In Europe, Consumers Think Twice

A Paper discussing the acceptance and rejection of genetically modified food throughout Europe.

IATP's Comments to the U.S. Trade Representative Regarding the Upcoming WTO Ministerial

In preparation for the upcoming Third Ministerial Conference of the WTO, IATP addressed concerns in a comment sent to US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky. The comments cover the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) and intellectual property rights (TRIPS).

Food Security, Farmers and a Fair Place for the South

Proceedings of the Washington, DC Meeting on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, September 30-October 4th, 1998. Sponsored by IATP, Solagral and the Foundation Charles Leopold Mayer pour le Progres de l'Homme. The purpose of this document is to provide continuing collective educational material and further the movement-building process.