Trans Pacific Partnership FTA – TPP FTA Trade negotiators from the United States and eight other countries have been busily negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement. This currently includes Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Peru and Chile, but is also intended as a “docking agreement” that other Pacific Rim countries would […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Tell Congress Not to Let Agribusiness Write its Own Rules!
From the Center for Food Safety Tell Congress Not to Let Agribusiness Write its Own Rules on GE Crops On the heels of the “Monsanto rider” inserted into the House Agriculture Appropriations Bill a few weeks ago, the Agbiotech Industry’s latest ploy has hit the House Farm Bill in the form of multiple hidden changes […]
The Farm Bill works its way through Congress: Northwest Farm Bill Action Group Launches Campaign for a Fair Farm Bill
By John Fawcett-Long, NW Farm Bill Action Group Steering Committee Member The Senate Version – A Mixed Bag The Farm Bill has been actively under consideration by Congress the last few months. Congress is under pressure to do something as the current version expires on October 1. There also have been many calls for Congress […]
