Agriculture

Lessons From NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda

In 2007 IATP organized the conference "Lessons from NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda" which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With 45 groups signed on as co-sponsors, the conference was attended by over 250 people, including representatives from the media; the Minnesota state government; the Mexican and Canadian embassies; representatives from the Canadian, Mexican and U.S.

Patents Could Play Major Role in Global Biofuels Market

As the fast-growing biofuel market goes global, national and international rules governing patents will play an increasingly important role in how the industry develops and who benefits, finds a new paper by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Patents: Taken for Granted in Plans for a Global Biofuels Market

This paper looks at the effect of patents by multinational corporations on the growth of the biofuels sector.

ACP Proposal on Preferen Erosion, October 2007

Proposal from the ACP group presented by Jamaica on the issue of preference erosion, October 2007.

Biocombustibles y desafos globales para el agua

El mundo est� al borde de una crisis sin precedentes ocasionada por la falta de agua. Esta situaci�n se presenta ante el crecimiento de la poblaci�n, de los requerimientos alimenticios, as� como por la creciente industrializaci�n y urbanizaci�n.

Patentes: Dadas por Sentado en los Planes para un Mercado Global de Biocombustibles

The Common Agricultural Policy: A Brief Introduction

Understanding the Farm Bill. U.S. WTO Commitments and the Farm Bill

One of a series of fact sheets examining the 2007 Farm Bill that was published by IATP. To read the entire series see "Understanding the Farm Bill" in our 2007 Farm Bill collection.