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IATP has been advocating for fair and sustainable agriculture and food systems for more than 35 years. Learn more about our agriculture work on our Agriculture & Food Systems page. 

Why We Say No to CAFTA

This report on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was released by Bloque Popular Centroamericano, the Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Hemispheric Social Alliance. Through the collective effort of U.S. and Central American groups, this analysis sounds the warning that CAFTA would throw into chaos everything from agriculture to pharmaceutical drug prices.

EU Ready To Discuss Elimination Of Agricultural Export Subsdies: Fischler

Agence France Presse | March 22, 2004 The European Union is prepared to discuss the elimination of agricultural export subsidies on all products, European Union agriculture minister Franz Fischler said here Monday. Fischler recalled that the EU last year asked developing countries to provide a list of specific products on which they wanted to see the subsidies scrapped.

FAO-assisted Project For Boosting Productivity Launched

Financial Express | By ASHOK B SHARMA | March 21, 2004 The rising inflow of fresh exotic apples into the country has invited concerns for the growers and the domestic industry Apple growers and the industry have blamed the government for allowing imports of `diseased apples' without any proper quarantine checks.

Trade Agreement Is A Blight On Quarantine

The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) | By ALISON REHN | March 11, 2004 CLOSING a loophole in the quarantine laws that allows 4500 weeds to be imported may not be possible if the Australia-US free trade agreement is passed, the Democrats said.
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