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Mandatory COOL: A push for greater transparency in our food system

As part of our advocacy around the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMA) review, IATP has joined with 37 U.S. family farm, consumer, and worker organizations in a letter submitted on March 11 calling on the U.S. to remove the trade policy obstacles obstructing mandatory County of Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat.

IATP joins 37 groups calling for mandatory Country of Origin Labeling in USMCA

As part of our advocacy around the USCMA review, IATP joined with 37 U.S. family farm, consumer, and worker organizations to submit the following letter on March 11, 2026 calling on the U.S. to remove the trade policy obstacles obstructing mandatory County of Origin Labeling (COOL) for meat. 

USMCA in Review: 3 changes we want to see for more just, transparent trade policy

This week, IATP testified in hearings convened by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative on what should be addressed in the formal review of the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). The hearing followed written submissions from thousands of people. Those comments ranged from a few sentences to lengthy technical recommendations.

Calling for changes in USMCA to build fair and resilient rural economies

In the midst of a lot of chaotic pronouncements about trade and tariffs, it has been hard to know how to weigh in on the trade policies we need. The current review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provides an opportunity to address changes since that agreement was enacted in 2020 and to fix problems that have become apparent during its implementation.

Enabling better food labeling in USMCA

The upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is an opportunity to reform USMCA provisions that limit transparency about food and food systems. This include rules about mandatory Country of Origin labeling, nutrition labeling, and disclosure of genetically modified (GM) ingredients.

Battling for Farmers' Seed Systems: UPOV 91 and Trade Agreements

This memo is an attempt to draw attention to the international policy-level challenges impacting Farmers’ Seed Systems broadly, but with a focus on communities in the Global South, and on how the U.S. and its seeds companies use free-trade agreements to undermine the policy space available for farmers to save, use, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds.

North American Solidarity Needed to Navigate Trump's Trade Wars

An alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, not Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals.

Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision

Mexico’s bold plan to transform its food system toward healthier, more sustainably produced foods that support rural livelihoods and respect the country’s cultural heritage is an essential example of food sovereignty. That expression of sovereignty ran headlong into the rules in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that treat the food we eat as mere commodities to buy and sell.

Trade panel rules against food sovereignty, Indigenous rights and biodiversity

In the USMCA dispute regarding Mexico's measures against glyphosate and GM corn, the dispute panel released its final report on Dec. 20, 2025. It found against Mexico on every claim it took up, relied on the U.S. version of most disputed facts, invoked questionable science, and enunciated an overly broad definition of trade effects.

Civil society groups condemn USMCA dispute ruling on Mexico’s corn restrictions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Civil society groups in the U.S., Mexico and Canada criticized a decision today announced by a dispute panel set up under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).