Speaking With One Voice: GM Food is Safe
The debate is over: Genetically modified crops are safe. That’s the most important takeaway point from the massive study released last week by the National A...
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Growing More Food Than Ever in the Green Revolution 2.0
The Campbell Soup Company announced plans last week to label its products that rely on biotechnology—a development that Agri-Pulse calls “a landmark break from ...
Thank you to the Senators who did the right thing and passed TPA
The good news is that Congress finally passed Trade Promotion Authority last week, in what may be the toughest vote our lawmakers have cast so far this year. ...
COOL isn’t cool anymore
The recent theatrics over Trade Promotion Authority suggest that our political leaders in Washington aren’t serious about international trade. Amid the fight...
COOL Needs to Go in a Different Direction
For the second time in two years, the WTO has rejected USDA’s efforts to implement the Congressionally mandated country of origin labeling (COOL) for meat. The...
Seeking a Regulatory Solution to Country-of-Origin Labeling Ruling
The Obama Administration appears to be pursuing a regulatory approach to addressing a WTO ruling that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law for meat di...
U.S. Tomato Dispute with Mexico
The Import Administration of the Commerce Department announced on September 27 a preliminary decision to terminate its suspended anti-dumping investigation on M...
Aligning U.S. Farm Policy with Trade Policy
U.S. farm policy is difficult to separate from trade policy because the U.S. government has made WTO commitments to not allow domestic support programs to disto...
Common Sense Labeling
The U.S. Senate wisely voted down a bad amendment to the farm bill last week, meaning that consumers won’t see their food bills skyrocket for no worthwhile reas...
Moving Forward the Freer Trade Agenda
Every time progress has been made on advancing the Korea, Colombia and Panama free trade agreements (FTA) through Congress another roadblock appears. With ag...