Agriculture

IATP Comment to the FTC and DOJ on Draft Merger Guidelines

The following comment was submitted to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on September 8, 2023 regarding the FTC-2023-0043-0001 Draft Merger Guidelines. 

Supreme Court may decide if market manipulation on U.S. exchanges is illegal

On August 28, IATP co-filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief with Better Markets and the Consumer Federation of America to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Feeding big agribusiness, starving Africans

The following opinion was originally published by Al Jazeera on September 4, 2023. 

False alarms over Mexico’s GM-corn restrictions

U.S. trade dispute on genetically modified corn on shaky ground

Digging Africa deeper into hunger

The following article was originally published by IPS News on August 29, 2023. 

Supreme Court Can Close Huge Loophole that Exposes Businesses and Consumers to Commodity Market Manipulation

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Yesterday, Better Markets, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to review and reverse a lower court decision that dramatically limited protections against manipulation in the commodity markets, in the case of Laydon v

The Farm Bill Uprooted Episode Four: Consolidated

Over the past few decades, the landscape of the food and farm system has become more concentrated, less diverse and less resilient.

The Bill is Due: Congress has one more month to write a fair Farm Bill

On September 30, the current five-year Farm Bill will expire, leaving many farmers in limbo and consistent federal support for rural communities in question. While both the U.S.

U.S. escalates trade dispute over GM corn, challenges Mexico's food sovereignty

MINNEAPOLIS/Washington, D.C.—Today, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office escalated its complaint against Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn, asserting it as a potential violation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USTR filed a request for the formation of a dispute resolution panel under the USCMA framework.