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Who Wins and Who Loses from U.S. Dumping of Corn

Agricultural “dumping” – the practice of exporting commodities at prices below the cost of production -- can be devastating for farmers in importing countries, especially in low-income countries with little power to use trade rules to defend their markets. It is unfair competition for producers in other exporting countries. And by encouraging overproduction in the U.S., it traps U.S.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Statement on notice of NAFTA Renegotiation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2017 Contact: Karen Hansen-Kuhn, 202-413-9533, khansenkuhn@iatp.org; Josh Wise, 952-818-5474, jwise@iatp.org  

May Day, Chicago, NAFTA, and solidarity

This week we celebrate May Day, the International Day of Workers’ Rights. The days’ origins are in the Haymarket Affairs in Chicago in 1886, when labor activists were killed for advocating for an 8-hour workday.

Leaked draft of objectives for NAFTA renegotiation is TPP re-branded

In response to this morning’s leaked draft letter outlining U.S. objectives in a NAFTA renegotiation, Juliette Majot, Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, released the following statement:

USTR nomination highlights contradictions in Trump’s trade policy

Trump’s trade policy is a series of contradictions wrapped in a mystery.

U.S.-Mexico relations should be based on fair trade, not xenophobia

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Principles of a new U.S. trade policy for North American agriculture

Endorsed by Food & Water Watch Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy National Family Farm Coalition National Farmers Union R-CALF Rural Coalition

Undocumented farmworkers and the U.S. agribusiness economic model

There is little doubt that many supporters of the Donald Trump candidacy for President expect President-elect Trump to carry out his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to keep out more immigrants by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

NAFTA: failed trade policy comes back to where it began

Some dates get burned in our memories. One date that pops up for me each year is November 17, the day the U.S. Congress approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) back in 1993. Now, 23 years later, NAFTA is as controversial as ever.

Canadian energy company attacks U.S. right to set national energy policy

The ability of the United States to make its own decisions regarding how, where and why to build transcontinental oil pipelines has been challenged by TransCanada Corporation, which sued the U.S. yesterday for the loss of potential future profits associated with the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. The move represents a threat to both U.S.