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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.

New book provides blueprint for more just trade system

A new book highlights the need for a fundamental reshaping of international trade and investment rules to put human rights, particularly the right to adequate food, at the centre of economic and development policy.

Free Trade in Agriculture: A Bad Idea Whose Time is Done

The July–August issue of the Monthly Review features IATP's Sophia Murphy and her essay "Free Trade in Agriculture: A Bad Idea Whose Time is Done;"  an examination of the original promises of free trade in agriculture and what ac

Cairns to Bali: Time for a new agricultural trade agenda

The group of 19 agricultural exporters known as the Cairns Group will meet June 7-9 in Bali, Indonesia. They will be discussing their position as a force within the WTO Doha negotiations on agriculture.

Statements on NAFTA from Meeting of Livestock Producer Organizations and Consumer Groups, Billings, MT.

Obama's Trade Rep. Must Fix Broken U.S. Trade Policy

President-elect Barack Obama's choice for the next U.S. Trade Representative, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, must fix a broken U.S. trade policy, which has caused enormous harm to farmers, workers, communities and the environment, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Lessons from NAFTA: Food and Agriculture

NAFTA has been the blueprint for U.S. trade policy and regional and global trade pacts. But it has also had a number of negative consequences.

Bridging the Divide: a human rights vision for global food trade

This paper explains the importance of using human rights to build a global trading system.

The Changing Climate for Food and Agriculture: A Literature Review

An annotated list of recent articles and studies related to climate change, agriculture and trade.

No Gold Medal for Food Safety

In May, IATP published “U.S. China Food Safety Agreement: Terms and Enforcement Capacity.” My paper summarized the views of U.S.

Canadian Groups Call For NAFTA Renegotiation

Earlier this week, ten Canadian civil society groups called on political candidates running in Canada's October 14 election to "stop ducking Obama's NAFTA challenge." Specifically, the groups asked for candidates to respond to U.S.

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