World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the forum through which governments determine global trade rules. At the WTO, food safety and environmental regulations often are sacrificed to benefit multinational corporations.
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More and more consumers across the US and Europe are considering the issue of animal welfare when buying food. On July 24 2006, the latest round of global trade negotiations to expand
the reach of the WTO collapsed. Talks were suspended indefinitely, and
that’s good news for consumers, family farmers, and the billions of
people who live in poverty all around the world. We now have the
opportunity to demand a new model of trade rules that promotes safe,
diverse, community-based food production and food sovereignty.
Learn More
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Click here to see a press release on the collapse of the WTO negotiations.
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Check out Regulation Degradation to learn about how global trade could further erode U.S. food safety and environmental laws.
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Check out The WTO’s Next Grab to read about the latest plans at the WTO to increase global trade in fisheries products from industrial fleets and fish farms.
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