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

December 5th, 2025,
by Karen Hansen-Kuhn

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.

Should the WTO Negotiate New Trade Rules on Genetically Modified Organisms? 11.99

… intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement by, for example, encouraging broad acceptance by WTO Members of UPOV 91; other measures targeted at reducing the scope of the Biosafety Protocol, and forestalling its successful …

Should the WTO Negotiate New Trade Rules on Genetically Modified Organisms? 11.99

… intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement by, for example, encouraging broad acceptance by WTO Members of UPOV 91; other measures targeted at reducing the scope of the Biosafety Protocol, and forestalling its successful …

Should the WTO Negotiate New Trade Rules on Genetically Modified Organisms?

… intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement by, for example, encouraging broad acceptance by WTO Members of UPOV 91; other measures targeted at reducing the scope of the Biosafety Protocol, and forestalling its successful …

Ten Reasons not to Join UPOV; 05.98

… it is very easy to insert that gene into a plant variety and claim the 'new' variety as yours. Controversial features of UPOV 91 Harvest belongs to the breeder: Countries party to the 1991 Act now extend the breeder's monopoly to the harvest …

Ten Reasons not to Join UPOV; 05.98

… it is very easy to insert that gene into a plant variety and claim the 'new' variety as yours. Controversial features of UPOV 91 Harvest belongs to the breeder: Countries party to the 1991 Act now extend the breeder's monopoly to the harvest …

Ten Reasons Not to Join UPOV

… it is very easy to insert that gene into a plant variety and claim the 'new' variety as yours. Controversial features of UPOV 91 Harvest belongs to the breeder: Countries party to the 1991 Act now extend the breeder's monopoly to the harvest …

Implications for Developing Countries of Proposals to Consider Trade in GMOs at the WTO

… intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement by, for example, encouraging broad acceptance by WTO Members of UPOV 91; other measures targeted at reducing the scope of the Biosafety Protocol, and forestalling its successful …

Agroecology Uprooted Episode Five: System Change

June 9th, 2026,
by Lilly Richard

How do we transform food systems to make agroecological transitions possible on a large scale? In the final episode of Agroecology Uprooted, hear from Sophia Murphy, Ernesto Mendez, and Raj Patel on some of the policy changes that help agroecology thrive, and what it takes to make them happen. 

NAFTA Renegotiation: What's at stake for food, farmers and the land?

August 15th, 2017,
by Ben Lilliston
… property (IP) laws for seeds. The TPP required all countries to join the global seed breeders treaty, known as UPOV91, which prevents farmers and breeders from sharing seeds, while empowering global seed companies like Monsanto and …

Patents on Life Forms Should Be Re-Examined, Says India

SUNS #4539 | October 28, 1999 | south-north development monitor SUNS

Someshwar Singh, Geneva

The Climate Cost of Free Trade

September 6th, 2016,
by Ben Lilliston
… FAO.44 But the TPP requires all participating countries to sign on to a global seed breeders rights treaty (known as UPOV91), which prohibits farmers and breeders from exchanging protected seeds, while empowering global seed companies …

Intellectual Property Rights in African Agriculture: Implications for Small Farmers

This briefing aims to provide rural community workers, farmers and policy makers in Africa with information that will contribute to their understanding of the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on plant genetic resources for small farmers in Africa.

Alternative agricultural systems

July 9th, 2019,
by Karen Hansen-Kuhn

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

What are benchmarks for a new NAFTA?

August 21st, 2017,
by Ben Lilliston
… property (IP) laws for seeds. The TPP required all countries to join the global seed breeders treaty, known as UPOV91, which prevents farmers and breeders from sharing seeds, while empowering global seed companies like Monsanto and …

Press Statement on the Regional Workshop in Southern Africa on the Implementation of Article 27.3(b) of WTO/TRIPs

Co-organised by BRI, CTDT and IPGRI in Harare on 22-24 March 1999

SADC stands for Southern African Development Community, a regional grouping composed of 14 Southern African states. Contact details for further information about the workshop, or to request a copy of the proceedings, are provided below.

Transgenic Crops: An Environmental Assessment

The varieties and uses of genetically altered crops have grown much more rapidly than our ability to understand or appropriately regulate them. At this writing, we have only a small core of scientific information to understand the short- and long-term environmental effects of these crops.

Study on the Relationship Between the Agreement on TRIPS and Biodiversity Related Issues

The Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission requested a study on the relationship between the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and Biodiversity related issues.

Study on the Relationship Between the Agreement on TRIPS and Biodiversity Related Issues

The Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission requested a study on the relationship between the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and Biodiversity related issues.