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NAFTA renegotiation objectives fall short for farmers and the planet

Today’s release of the Trump administration’s objectives for re-negotiating NAFTA confirm the suspicions of fair trade advocates that President Donald Trump would break his promise to create trade deals that are in the public interest. The negotiating objectives, which failed to incorporate input from civil society organizations despite detailed and extensive proposals, continue the administration’s trend of putting multinational corporations’ narrow interests first by using the same blueprint that shaped the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Candidate Trump railed against the TPP: Trump negotiators plan to incorporate TPP text into NAFTA 2.0.

POTUS Appointees

One of the main ways a President influences policy is with his Cabinet picks. President Trump's appointees are no exception and have especially caused a stir with their private-sector connections.

Private or Public Interest: What can we tell from Trump’s Cabinet appointees?

January 11th, 2017

Andrew Puzder: the narrowly avoided threat to food system workers

February 15th, 2017

Eight Questions for Trump’s Department of Agriculture pick

February 5th, 2017

The biotech trade empire strikes back—at USDA!

The American Farm Bureau organized letter on proposed new rules regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops is short, just two pages, with three pages of agribusiness signatories, 103 organizations.

Corrupt meat: Brazil’s meat inspection system and ours

As you fire up the barbecue during the 4th of July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture helpfully offers tips on how to avoid food poisoning.

NAFTA renegotiation objectives fall short for farmers and the planet

POTUS Appointees

The biotech trade empire strikes back—at USDA!

Corrupt meat: Brazil’s meat inspection system and ours

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