IATP Articles and Reports

Uprooted Episode 56: Mexican Ag Reforms

Josh talks with Karen Hansen-Kuhn about her blog and work with Mexican farm groups as they prepare for major agricultural reforms following the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Here is a link to Karen's blog: https://www.iatp.org/blog/201901/bold-farm-plans-mexico-offer-ray-hope-2019

U.S.-China trade negotiations: Any plausible trade-offs?

At the end of 2018, the Financial Times collected articles by its writers on the current U.S.-China trade and investment disputes.

Bold farm plans in Mexico offer a ray of hope in 2019

As many in the United States agriculture community breathed a sigh of relief that the recently passed Farm Bill isn’t as bad as it could be, our neighbors to the south are moving forward quickly and decisively with bold new plans to transform their food and farm system.

What must be in a U.S.-UK trade agreement

IATP has submitted comments to the United States Trade Representative outlining the principles for the U.S. negotiating objectives for a trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Uprooted Episode 51: Suing the USDA over CAFO Loans

Josh talks with Ben Lilliston about a lawsuit that IATP has signed on to stop a policy that exempts CAFOs who receive federal loans from undergoing environmental review. You can read Ben's article on the topic here:  https://www.iatp.org/blog/factory-farms-slip-environmental-review-loans  

Uprooted Episode 54: Reforms at the WTO

Josh talks with Steve Suppan about his recent article about the outlook for "deep and shallow" reforms needed at the World Trade Organization. https://www.iatp.org/blog/world-trade-organization-reform-outlook 

Uprooted Episode 55: A Green New Deal for Trade & Migration

The Green New Deal is a framework for a massive infrastructure plan that would address the challenges of climate change. We are rebroadcasting the audio from our event on January 8, 2019: A Green New Deal for Trade and Migration.

Trade, Migration and a Green New Deal

On January 8, IATP hosted a panel discussion on the intersection of trade, migration, and the proposed Green New Deal. Panelists included IATP Executive Director Juliette Majot, COPAL-MN Executive Director Francisco Segovia and Workday Minnesota Editor Filiberto Nolasco Gomez. The event was cosponsored by IATP, Alianza Americas and COPAL-MN.

Northeast puts the brakes on transportation GHGs

Nine northeast states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector and invest in a more low-carbon, climate-resilient system.