Climate change, CAFTA and forced migration

On the last day of April, 16-year-old Juan de León Gutiérrez died in U.S. government custody in Texas. It was just 10 days since he had crossed the border after migrating from his home in Guatemala.

Food standards on the menu at U.S.-EU talks

With the endorsement on April 15 by a majority of the heads of government of its member states, the European Union has finally taken the formal step needed to move ahead with trade negotiations with the United States.

When climate goals and trade rules collide

Countries are increasingly advancing proposals to address climate concerns within new and existing trade agreements. Most modern trade agreements, and governing bodies like the World Trade Organization, were negotiated with little or no acknowledgement of the climate crisis.

Dealing with China, Trump goes it alone

The United States and China continue to circle around a deadline that could mark a turning point in their commercial and diplomatic relations.

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 16: Local Response to Trade Policy

Often, state and local politicians are reluctant to wade into the international trade debate. But that doesn't meant they shouldn't. Around the U.S. and abroad, local elected officials are taking action both to weigh in on trade negotiations and to counter the negative impacts of corporate-led trade agreements.

CETA’s bitter taste for European Food and Agriculture

Today, most of the EU-Canadian free trade agreement known as CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) provisionally comes into force. It’s provisional because should even one of the 28 EU member states refuse to ratify it—the deal could collapse.

“Protectionism” and U.S. farm profitability

Congress has gone on recess without holding a vote to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement during the last days of the Obama administration. But on the day after the U.S. elections, Inside U.S.

European Farm Crisis at center of CETA and TTIP Debate

Last week in Berlin, Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft e.V.