#Act4 AnimalsEU Eurogroup for Animals welcomes the appointment of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as the new Director-General of the WTO, as well as the recent call by the EU to reform the WTO to better address sustainability challenges. The WTO and its Members should use this momentum to strengthen animal welfare measures under multilateral trade, as part of the efforts to support sustainable development. WTO reforms must include animal welfare multilateral rules 2 March 2021
#Act4 AnimalsEU The World Trade Organization on Wednesday forecast that goods trade would shrink more steeply this year than in the global financial crisis a decade ago before rebounding in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes - if countries worked together. WTO sees 'ugly' trade plunge worse than in financial crisis 14 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU and 15 other members of the WTO today decided on an arrangement that will allow them to bring appeals and solve trade disputes among them despite the current paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body. EU and 15 World Trade Organization members establish contingency appeal arrangement for trade disputes 6 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The UK would find it “very challenging” to restrict imports based on food standards from next year, an NFU director has confirmed. WTO rules could force UK to accept food imports produced to lower standards 16 March 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Would a mandatory method-of-production label be compliant with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? We say it could, and this is what we proposed at the WTO Public Forum on 11th October. Eurogroup for Animals launches its report on labelling at the WTO Public Forum 14 October 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU For the second year in a row, the WTO Public Forum will host an event co-organised by Eurogroup for Animals and its members. This year, it will focus on how a method of production labeling system can help foster trade in more sustainable products. Are method of production labels WTO compliant? Open debate at the WTO Public Forum 2019 6 September 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Ted McKinney, undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, said he was highlighting common ground between the two sides during meetings with lawmakers, government officials and private industry in Brussels, Rome and Geneva. The US confirms: No negotiations without agriculture 27 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU EU-US negotiations on eliminating tariffs for “industrial” goods will cover fish ad fish products. Fish and fish products to be included in EU-US tariff talks 18 February 2019 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Factory farming is not only very detrimental to the welfare of farmed animals, but it is also a prominent obstacle to the achievement of the UN SDGs. Eurogroup for Animals raised the topic at a workshop co-organised with four other NGOs at the WTO Public Forum. Animal Welfare takes ground at the World Trade Organisation 8 October 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU This year’s Public Forum will take place, as usual, in Geneva on 2-4 October and the theme that has been selected is “Trade 2030”. Eurogroup for Animals to co-organise a workshop on trade, animal welfare and sustainable development at the WTO Public Forum 2 July 2018 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU What is the Trade & Animal Welfare Project? Where did it come from? Why does it exist? It seemed appropriate to use our first entry in this brand new blog to answer some of these fundamental questions. Introducing the Trade and Animal Welfare Project 30 June 2017
#Act4 AnimalsEU Seal products: internal market MEPs strengthen EU trade ban Seal products: internal market MEPs strengthen EU trade ban 15 June 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
