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Big Meat imitates Big Tobacco in fighting the public’s right to know

Eight meatpacking industry groups recently sued to stop implementation of the popular Country of Origin Label (COOL) law (sup

Trade rules versus sustainability

As two of the largest free trade agreements (TTIP and TPP) in history are being negotiated, free trade agreements like these will become more e

Sustainability Criteria, Biofuel Policy and Trade Rules

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Upping the ante in the TTIP: Let’s add financial services and call your bluff

The launch of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations presents a new challenge to commodity and financial market reform. Those reforms, codified in the U.S.

Biotech industry moves toward “transparency” while pulling the curtain over trade agreements

Earlier this week, Andrew Pollack reported in the New York Times that biotech companies like Monsanto, Dupont and Dow Chemical announced through an industry association that they would be more transparent with the public about the chemicals and genetically modified

Fruits of NAFTA

In the early morning hours Monday, on a remote road near the Texas-Mexico border, Mexican marines picked a deadly and rotten piece of fruit when it captured Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, the sadistic boss of Los Zetas criminal cartel.

Trade Secrets – Draft EU documents reveal trade agenda with U.S.

Transparency and trade negotiations don’t seem to go together these days. Recent revelations in Spiegel disclosed that the U.S.

Trade deal to undermine health, environmental standards

Closed-door trade negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), set to begin July 8, could significantly lower health and environmental protections as EU and U.S. negotiators work to “harmonize” standards as part of the agreement. A group of 34 family farm, consumer, faith, public health, development and environment organizations from the U.S.

Free trade versus food democracy

April 17, 2013 – There has been a quiet revolution going around the world, as communities and nations retake control of their food systems. In the U.S., more people are taking a look at processed foods at the supermarket and opting instead for healthier choices, grown locally with fewer pesticides.