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Speaking With One Voice: GM Food is Safe

Joanna LidbackMay 26, 2016

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...

Agricultural TechnologyFood LabelingFood Safety1 Comment 0

Growing More Food Than Ever in the Green Revolution 2.0

John Rigolizzo, Jr.January 14, 2016

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 ...

Food Labeling0 Comments 0

Thank you to the Senators who did the right thing and passed TPA

Mark WagonerJuly 2, 2015

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. ...

NAFTA, Other AgreementsTrans Pacific PartnershipTransAtlantic Trade & Investment Partnership0 Comments 0

COOL isn’t cool anymore

Carol KeiserJune 18, 2015

The recent theatrics over Trade Promotion Authority suggest that our political leaders in Washington aren’t serious about international trade. Amid the fight...

Livestock, Animal Ag, ProteinNAFTA, Other AgreementsWorld Trade Organization0 Comments 0

COOL Needs to Go in a Different Direction

Ross KorvesOctober 30, 2014

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...

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

Seeking a Regulatory Solution to Country-of-Origin Labeling Ruling

Ross KorvesJanuary 31, 2013

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...

Food LabelingWorld Trade Organization0 Comments 0

U.S. Tomato Dispute with Mexico

Ross KorvesOctober 4, 2012

The Import Administration of the Commerce Department announced on September 27 a preliminary decision to terminate its suspended anti-dumping investigation on M...

Barriers, Market Access, Other Issues0 Comments 0

Aligning U.S. Farm Policy with Trade Policy

Ross KorvesJuly 5, 2012

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...

World Trade Organization2 Comments 1

Common Sense Labeling

Terry WanzekJune 28, 2012

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...

Food Labeling9 Comments 0

Moving Forward the Freer Trade Agenda

Ross KorvesSeptember 1, 2011

Every time progress has been made on advancing the Korea, Colombia and Panama free trade agreements (FTA) through Congress another roadblock appears. With ag...

NAFTA, Other Agreements0 Comments 0

Trade

Three Voices. One Message. Ratify USMCA Now.

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

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

Technology

California Can Keep the Water Flowing

Item of Interest: Let’s trust African scientists in war on hunger

Sharing A GM Technology Testimony From India to Uganda