WTO strikes global trade deals after ‘roller coaster’ talks
Reuters reports that on June 17th in Geneva, the World Trade Organisation's 164 members approved a series of trade deals ...
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Pesticides are not delivering food security and should be phased out: UN rapporteur
The FAO Council should reconsider its agreement with pesticide lobby group CropLife International, according to the UN Rapporteur on the Right ...
The WTO has a new chief. Is it time for new rules?
An article in The Economist says fixing the World Trade Organisation is not enough for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman ...
WTO to exempt food aid from export restrictions
The World Trade Organization could exempt humanitarian food aid from export restrictions. This would make it easier for World Food ...
WTO head joins PepsiCo leadership
PepsiCo has hired the director general of the World Trade Organization Roberto Azevêdo, in moves that signal a strengthening of ...
China to import most wheat in seven years
Bloomberg reports that China will boost wheat imports in the coming year to secure domestic food requirements and is likely ...
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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