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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).

Trump's tariff tantrum

Reverting to his favorite form of discourse, President Trump tweeted last week that he would impose rising tariffs on imports from Mexico unless it stopped migration flows north into the United States. This is a violation of human rights and basic decency.

The trade cold war: Agricultural impacts

It’s hard to believe that transnational corporations—who sought and gained access to low-cost, non-union Chinese labor and more than one billion Chinese consumers in the 1990s and 2000s—could not have foreseen the day that China itself would compete in advanced technology products and markets.

Taking farmers for a ride

This story was first published at Other Words on May 29, 2019. Over the last year, President Trump has taken farmers on a roller coaster ride that’s finally gone off the rails.

New report: Secret regulatory talks threaten public protections

Read the full report here

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.

Uprooted Episode 60: The Regulatory Cooperation Council

Josh talks with Sharon Treat about her recent article exposing another backdoor to deregulation, the Regulatory Cooperation Council, that exists through NAFTA and is being used by corporate livestock lobbyists to undermine food safety and consumers right to know.