Tariffs have been in the news a lot lately. This FAQ explains what tariffs are and how they can be used as a tool in trade ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement once again is a blow to farmers and ...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is about policy. Our work centers on how public institutions and policies can ...

Transformations taking place in Tanzania and Africa in general are taking place against a series of new international conditions. These include: the collapse of bureaucratic state socialism in Eastern ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. -- A group of farmers gathered at the Minnesota State Fair Friday to launch a petition they hope will spur more discussion of agricultural issues during the fall campaign. "I ...

Genetically modified (GMO) crops have met stiff resistance in Europe. Japanese reception of the "improved" products is less than enthusiastic. "In Mexico, Greenpeace is actively trying to create ...

BOYLE, Canada, Sept. 22, 2005 - Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., or Al-Pac, has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as demonstrating environmentally responsible, socially ...

According to this story, traditional selective breeding, although a genetic modification itself, takes place within compatible species: tomatoes to tomatoes; dogs to dogs, or at least coyotes. Genetic ...

We the undersigned, in recognition of the fundamental importance of our planet's natural genetic heritage and diversity, and in acknowledgment of the power of genetic engineering to transform this ...

This paper describes the different export support programs implemented by the U.S. and other countries and, for each type of program, identifies related current and potential future trade issues.

The following letter on the GM crop trials, published in the press in Norfolk UK, is from Dr Jeremy Bartlett who has a doctorate in plant genetics from the John Innes Centre, often described as the UK ...

A stand of American chestnut trees that somehow escaped a blight that killed off nearly all their kind in the early 1900s has been discovered along a hiking trail not far from President Franklin D.