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Uprooted Episode 60: The Regulatory Cooperation Council

Josh talks with Sharon Treat about her recent article exposing another backdoor to deregulation, the Regulatory Cooperation Council, that exists through NAFTA and is being used by corporate livestock lobbyists to undermine food safety and consumers right to know.

Agribusiness's secretive plans to unravel food safety and worker protections

Little-known council linked to NAFTA subverts public safety to free trade Download the PDF

"New NAFTA" would worsen the family farm crisis and keep consumers in the dark about their food

The economic state of U.S. agriculture is dire. The Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago report that a growing percentage of U.S. farmers cannot pay the interest on their loans. Five years of falling cash receipts for agricultural commodities is eroding equity for operations that are not forced out of farming.

"New NAFTA" would worsen the family farm crisis and keep consumers in the dark about their food

FAQ–Regulatory Cooperation, Harmonization and “Good Regulatory Practices” in USMCA

Q: Are regulatory cooperation and regulatory harmonization the same thing?

Uprooted Episode 56: Mexican Ag Reforms

Josh talks with Karen Hansen-Kuhn about her blog and work with Mexican farm groups as they prepare for major agricultural reforms following the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Here is a link to Karen's blog: https://www.iatp.org/blog/201901/bold-farm-plans-mexico-offer-ray-hope-2019

Comments on No. TPA-105-003, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors

Download the PDF to read the full comment.

Europeans ask: Will Trump’s New NAFTA benefit working people, or does it just promise more corporate control over our lives?

This article was originally published in the December 2018 Austrian Council of Labour newsletter.

Re: US-Canada RCC Request for Information

Re: US-Canada RCC Request for Information Dear Administrator Rao:

Family farm organizations from U.S., Canada oppose signing of New NAFTA

MINNEAPOLIS—The original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been devastating for family farmers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It has promoted global agribusiness interests at the cost of family farmers and contributed to the economic and social erosion of rural communities.

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