Europeans

UK Farmer Makes the Case to Continue a Science-Lead Approach to GM Crops

Paul M. TempleMay 14, 2015

The surprise majority victory of the Tories in the United Kingdom’s national elections last week provides Prime Minister David Cameron with a clear working majo...

Agricultural Technology1 Comment 0

Africa is a Breadbasket of Opportunity

Gilbert Arap BorJanuary 29, 2015

For many Americans and Europeans, Africa is the charity continent—a hopeless land of starving people who need handouts merely to survive. Sometimes it seems ...

Agricultural TechnologyBiofortificationFood and Nutritional SecurityInfrastructure0 Comments 0

It’s Time to COOL Down and Uphold the U.S. Trade Obligations

Hope PjeskyNovember 20, 2014

Nobody ever wins a trade war, but the protectionists always want to try. Their latest act of stubbornness will force American consumers to pay more at the gr...

Barriers, Market Access, Other IssuesLivestock, Animal Ag, ProteinWorld Trade Organization0 Comments 0

EU-US Regulatory Harmonization is a Problem Worth Fixing

Bill HoranApril 10, 2014

It felt like an out-of-body experience. Last week, I found myself sitting in an auditorium in Brussels—and listening to Europeans applaud genetically modifie...

Agricultural TechnologyBarriers, Market Access, Other IssuesTransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership1 Comment 0

Regulatory Convergence in the TTIP

Ross KorvesOctober 10, 2013

The second round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the U.S. were postpo...

TransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership2 Comments 0

Now is the Time for an EU-US Free Trade Agreement

Dean KlecknerAugust 29, 2013

Corn flakes are one of the most popular breakfast foods in the world—and 15 years ago, Norway banned them. Technically, its government outlawed the importati...

TransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership17 Comments 0

Don’t Allow Biotechnology to be Taken Off the EU-US Negotiating Table

John ReifsteckJune 13, 2013

If it’s not hard, it’s not worth doing. U.S. and EU trade diplomats must keep this slogan in mind as they prepare to negotiate a sweeping free-trade agreemen...

Agricultural TechnologyTransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership3 Comments 0

What’s the Beef?

Hope PjeskyMarch 6, 2013

On a trip to Germany a few years ago, I wandered into the meat section of a grocery store. What I saw astonished me. The beef section in the meat case was ve...

Agricultural TechnologyLivestock, Animal Ag, ProteinTransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership1 Comment 0

Transatlantic Zero: A Winning US-EU Trade Proposal

Dean KlecknerDecember 27, 2011

It’s time for America to zero out its relationship with Europe. No, I don’t mean we should cut ties. Quite the contrary: We should cut tariffs, zeroing them ...

TransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership0 Comments 0

An Olympic-Sized Economic Freeze Out

Tim BurrackJuly 14, 2011

The International Olympic Committee is the latest entity to jump on this economic bandwagon, having selected the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang as the ...

NAFTA, Other Agreements0 Comments 0

Trade

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy

Technology

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Live Video: The Future of Farming – October 14; 11:00 AM CST

Be Neat, Eat Meat without Guilt