US overpaid corn farmers $3 billion in Trump trade aid
The Department of Agriculture overpaid US corn farmers in 2019 by around US$3 billion for impacts from former President Trump’s ...
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UK consumers want food protected in trade deals
UK consumers are overwhelmingly in favour of protecting current food standards in future trade deals, according to a new Which? ...
UN: almost 90 per cent of food subsidies are harmful
Agricultural subsidies must be reformed to reduce the health and environmental damage they lead to, according to a new UN ...
Innovation funding needed: National Food Strategy
Environmental impact labelling, innovation funding and mandatory reporting for large food companies are among the recommendations in the National Food ...
EU agri-food agreement ‘difficult to reach’: negotiator
The BBC reports that the UK's Brexit Minister has played down the prospect of reaching a new agri-food agreement with ...
Global food trade has been upended by a container crisis
Bloomberg reports that global competition for the ribbed steel containers means that Thailand can’t ship its rice, Canada is stuck ...
NFU condemns failure to amend trade bill
Imports meeting lower food standards could be allowed without the approval of parliament, after attempts at amending the new trade ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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