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Why Farmers Are Standing Up Against Free Trade
23 Apr 2024 23:49 GMT
… protesting because, since the 1990s, groups such as the World Trade Organization (WTO … ) have forced them into a global free trade system.
The WTO … that U.S. imports of corn syrup … minimum floor price.
Protest means sacrifice, which …
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'The Great Disconnect': Why EU trade policy and climate are running into the sand
22 Apr 2024 14:37 GMT
… of green legislation applied to imports as well as domestic goods … a trade and environment agenda in WTO.
Farmers to the rescue?
Protests last … the world’s biggest agri-exporter and this will grow as …
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Biden as bad as Trump on WTO and trade
06 Apr 2024 01:41 GMT
… that were killed by free trade; creative destruction and all … Haul.
That was hardline, free trade writer for National Review, Kevin … by Chris Trotter covering the protests on our West Coast, including … of Trump policies on the WTO and the tariffs against China …
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Mexico joins Canada on COOL protest
12 Apr 2024 19:48 GMT
Mexico has served notice to the United States that it objects to the USDA’s new rule governing the labeling of foods as Product of USA.Article content
Mexico is echoing concerns that Canada raised as soon as the new rule was introduced.
Mexico’s Ministry …
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Trade dynamics
07 Apr 2024 02:54 GMT
… the creation of the WTO, India accorded MFN status … importers and exporters substantial costs.
However, some traders and industrialists … balance of trade mainly because of non-tariff barriers that … position Pakistan took to protest Indian actions in Kashmir. …
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Farmers’ protests: why EU wants to increase tariffs on Russian imports but won’t impose sanctions
02 Apr 2024 12:07 GMT
… incentive for Russia to export to non-EU … players in global trade terms.
Secondly, World Trade Organization (WTO) rules – … address Polish farmers’ protests about EU imports of Ukraine grains, … competition from Ukraine grain exports.
To ease tensions with …
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Uganda’s trade amidst changing global trends
01 Apr 2024 14:47 GMT
… USA, the farmers there are protesting and calling on their governments … Transformation,” basically arising from the WTO Ministerial meeting.
Before the progress … off the AGOA trade initiative for poor countries to export tariff-free to …
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China to challenge Biden's electric vehicle plans at the WTO
26 Mar 2024 10:40 GMT
… a complaint at the World Trade Organization over US subsidies for … resorted to the WTO dispute settlement process to protest American requirements that …
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Farm & Food File: WTO slides into a vacuum, EU slides into nationalism
26 Mar 2024 02:13 GMT
… eventual embrace of the WTO’s neoliberal trade regime — lower or … expanded international ag trade.
Now, however, the WTO’s stumbling … and South American ag imports and the protectionism it … s quickly changing climate.
Most protesters see red, not green, …
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‘We are defending your products:’ Emails reveal coordination between US government, industry in foreign trade disputes
22 Mar 2024 00:05 GMT
… A demarche is a diplomatic protest note.
“[CropLife International] … from the North American Export Grain Association, the US … a specific trade concern at the World Trade Organization (WTO), government … on glyphosate and on imports of genetically modified corn …