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Apr 20, 2020

IATP pays tribute to Martin Khor (1951-2020) who passed away peacefully on April 1, 2020 in his home in Penang, Malaysia. So many of us at IATP, since its inception more than 30 years ago, have been touched, influenced and moved by Martin’s wisdom, analysis and leadership in the global trade, economic and environmental justice movement.

Apr 2, 2020

IATP comment on the Zero Draft of the CFS Policy Recommendations on "Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable food systems that ensure food security and nutrition"

Shiney Varghese

To read the full letter, click to download.    To, Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi, Chair, U.N. Committee on Food Security, Rome Dear Ambassador Mohammad Hossein Emadi:

Mar 27, 2020

COVID-19 and US-China trade and investment

Dr. Steve Suppan

The so-called “phase one” agreement was signed on January 15 to mark a partial, temporary truce in the U.S.-China battle of retaliatory tariffs (taxes on imports). IATP doubted that the commitment to increase U.S.

Mar 26, 2020

Governments should focus on pandemic crisis, not negotiating corporation-benefiting trade deals

Sharon Anglin Treat

United Kingdom civil society to U.K. Prime Minister and Trade Secretary: In midst of public health crisis, “it would be deeply inappropriate for trade negotiations with the United States to commence at this time.”

Mar 25, 2020

Will COVID-19 stimulus reach all farmers?

Ben Lilliston

The COVID-19 crisis is unsettling well beyond the immediate health threat. It is evolving day-to-day with an uncertain future, destabilizing the economy at large and pushing more farmers close to the edge.

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