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Did Obama's trade legacy just hammer the Green New Deal?

One of core elements of the proposed Green New Deal is a just transition—the creation of fair wage jobs that benefit communities, particularly those currently or formerly dependent on high polluting industries.

New NAFTA: Locking in U.S. food safety management fragmentation and failings

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Nearly 60 farm and food groups urge Congress to reject new USMCA

WASHINGTON—The current version of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) must be rejected, as it ignores the fundamental shortcomings of its predecessor—the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—and will lock in trade rules that have devastated family farms and expanded corporate control in agriculture and food, according to 59 organizations.

Farm and food groups to Congress: Reject the USMCA

We write to you as representatives of US family farm, ranching, farmworker, local foods, public health, and sustainable agriculture organizations to urge you to reject the current version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).

Alternative agricultural systems

The following is an excerpt from Beyond NAFTA 2.0: A Trade Agenda for People and the Planet jointly published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Institute

Market Risk Advisory Committee meeting agenda item on Climate Related Financial Risk

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340+ organizations call on the EU to immediately halt trade negotiations with Brazil

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New NAFTA Limits Labeling for Food and Workplace Chemicals

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New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals

With 34 chapters, 13 Annex agreements, 14 side letters and nearly 2,000 pages of text, you wouldn’t think there could be a consistent theme across the entirety of the New NAFTA, also known in the U.S. as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Monocultures of the Genetically Modified Mind: My Surreal Encounter with Monsanto in Mexico

I was surprised to find seed giant Monsanto almost everywhere I went to research my book, Eating Tomorrow. But my closest encounter came early, during a five-hour meeting in 2014 with six Monsanto executives in the company’s high-rise office in Mexico. Monsanto and other seed companies were trying to open Mexico to genetically modified corn.