Trade

IATP has long been a leader in making sure global agreements protect the rights of farmers around the world. We are active at the United Nations and World Trade Organization and through various bilateral and multilateral agreements to ensure that the rights of farmers to receive a fair price, engage in conservation and sustainable practices, and even just to stay on their land are upheld and respected. We also monitor trade agreements to make sure food safety, environmental safeguards and the rights of farm workers are protected. Visit our Trade & Governance page to learn more.

Trump's tariff tantrum

Reverting to his favorite form of discourse, President Trump tweeted last week that he would impose rising tariffs on imports from Mexico unless it stopped migration flows north into the United States. This is a violation of human rights and basic decency.

The trade cold war: Agricultural impacts

It’s hard to believe that transnational corporations—who sought and gained access to low-cost, non-union Chinese labor and more than one billion Chinese consumers in the 1990s and 2000s—could not have foreseen the day that China itself would compete in advanced technology products and markets.

Taking farmers for a ride

This story was first published at Other Words on May 29, 2019. Over the last year, President Trump has taken farmers on a roller coaster ride that’s finally gone off the rails.

Japanese and U.S. food and farm organizations urge halt to trade talks

As Japan and the United States embark on negotiations over agricultural markets, potentially paving the way for a free-trade agreement, we urge the complete halt of these negotiations that undermine the livelihoods of family farmers and the sovereignty of rural communities in our two countries.

Trump's new trade aid raises questions about endgame

The Trump administration's latest trade aid package for farmers announced today is the result of an erratic and incoherent trade policy that appears to include little advance planning or an endgame, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy(IATP).

Trade

Trump's tariff tantrum

The trade cold war: Agricultural impacts

Taking farmers for a ride

Japanese and U.S. food and farm organizations urge halt to trade talks

Trump's new trade aid raises questions about endgame

New report: Secret regulatory talks threaten public protections

International regulatory cooperation and the public good

Climate change, CAFTA and forced migration

The costs of agricultural export dumping for farmers and rural communities

USITC report confirms: New NAFTA fails consumers, farmers and environment