We Must Not Take NAFTAs Blessings For Granted
“How is NAFTA good for your children and grandchildren?” A very direct – and insightful – question asked by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at a rec...
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GFN Zimbabwean farmer’s powerful Wall Street Journal commentary
Congratulations to Global Farmer Network member Nyasha Mudukuti from Zimbabwe for her commentary in The Wall Street Journal! We May Starv...
Trans Pacific Partnership is a Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to give the U.S. economy a big boost. By wiping out 18,000 taxes slapped on products as t...
Regulatory Equivalence with the EU on Agricultural Products
One of the goals of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TIPP) talks between the U.S. and the EU is to reduce trade barriers through regulatory c...
TPP on Track but Moving Slower Than Hoped
Many policy analysts and members of the media had oversized expectations for progress on negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreemen...
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Talks Back on Track
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks are back on track after a meeting in late February of trade ministers and heads of delegations. Key issues are ...
Mr. President: It’s Time to Ask For (and Receive) Trade Promotion Authority
In its just-released 2012 Trade Policy Agenda, the Obama administration took credit for recent accomplishments, such as completing a free-trade agreement with S...
U.S. Manufacturing and Free Trade Agreements
Agriculture interest groups continue to be frustrated over the failure of Congress to pass free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. While...
Sen. Baucus vs. Free Trade
“In today’s world, we seek not to build, but to tear down the economic walls that divide us,” he said, in remarks about the Asia-Pacific ...
U.S. Loses Ruling on Cotton Payouts
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By Peter Fritsch and John Lyons
September 1, 2009www.wsj.com A ruling against the U.S. in a long-running fight with Brazil over America...