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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.

Food standards on the menu at U.S.-EU talks

With the endorsement on April 15 by a majority of the heads of government of its member states, the European Union has finally taken the formal step needed to move ahead with trade negotiations with the United States.

When climate goals and trade rules collide

Countries are increasingly advancing proposals to address climate concerns within new and existing trade agreements. Most modern trade agreements, and governing bodies like the World Trade Organization, were negotiated with little or no acknowledgement of the climate crisis.

Dealing with China, Trump goes it alone

The United States and China continue to circle around a deadline that could mark a turning point in their commercial and diplomatic relations.

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.

Uprooted Episode 59: An update on the US-China trade dispute

Josh talks with Steve Suppan about some of the bigger picture issues surrounding the US-China trade dispute and how they might be informing talks that are headed toward a March 1 deadline. 

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

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