Trade

IATP has long been a leader in making sure global agreements protect the rights of farmers around the world. We are active at the United Nations and World Trade Organization and through various bilateral and multilateral agreements to ensure that the rights of farmers to receive a fair price, engage in conservation and sustainable practices, and even just to stay on their land are upheld and respected. We also monitor trade agreements to make sure food safety, environmental safeguards and the rights of farm workers are protected. Visit our Trade & Governance page to learn more. 

Supreme Court Can Close Huge Loophole that Exposes Businesses and Consumers to Commodity Market Manipulation

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Yesterday, Better Markets, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to review and reverse a lower court decision that dramatically limited protections against manipulation in the commodity markets, in the case of Laydon v

Nadar contra corriente

Desde el inicio del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) en 1994, México ha experimentado un dramático deterioro en su capacidad para producir sus propios alimentos. El propósito de este informe es evaluar cómo el dumping agrícola estadounidense de exportaciones baratas ha contribuido a la pérdida de autosuficiencia alimentaria de México.