#Act4 FarmAnimals Australia's peak woolgrowers body doesn't want producers bound to European Union rules on animal welfare or antimicrobial resistance in any final Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement. Wool producers demand changes in draft Australia-EU free trade agreement 9 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Growing tensions in trade relations between the superpowers, coupled with protectionism, meaning the protection of domestic production from foreign competition, also represent a challenge to the European economy. Finland wants to strengthen the provision on sustainable development in trade agreements 8 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals No deal ‘cannot be allowed to happen’, Minette Batters says No-deal Brexit could cause mass slaughter of UK lambs as end of European trade spells ‘disaster’ for farmers 7 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Less than a week after the announcement of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), on June 28, the dispute is gaining momentum. Why the Mercosur agreement is so criticized 4 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals While EU/Mercosur trade agreement has entered “endgame” negotiations and could lead to a political agreement in the last week of June, AVEC representing the European poultry meat sector, raises the alarm bell! EU poultry industry sector says no to the Mercosur Agreement 19 June 2019
Despite the rise of vegetarianism and veganism in Europe, animal-source foods currently remain our only option for meeting the nutrient demands of a growing global population. AnimalHealth Europe’s president thinks animal health is the forgotten factor in producing affordable, safe food for Europe 5 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Would the British public accept chlorinated chicken masking lower welfare standards on farm or hormone-fed beef flooding supermarket shelves in exchange for a US trade deal? The UK’s National Farmers Union calls on British government not to betray food standards in any future trade deals with the US 3 June 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU In an open letter, 600 European scientists and 300 indigenous groups are calling for the EU to insist on the respect for environmental and human rights standards in its current trade negotiations with Brazil. EU-Brazil trade should be more sustainable, 600 scientists say 3 May 2019
Today, the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament decided to reintroduce in the future European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) - which amounts to approximately 6 billion Euros - subsidies which are harmful to the environment and which were phased out already 15 years ago. EU Fisheries Committee votes to subsidise fishing vessels, reversing the policy of the last 15 years 7 March 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU This blog is made of contributions by E4A staff and members… Here is your chance to discover the faces and the stories behind the logos! The Trade & Animal Welfare Project Team 8 November 2017
#Act4 AnimalsEU CETA should cause just as much worry in the animal welfare community as TTIP and this blog entry will explain why. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): A Bad Deal for Animals 13 September 2017
#Act4 AnimalsEU International trade governance has led the EU to take an inconsistent approach to animal welfare in trade policy Chilling Effect of Trade on Animal Welfare 17 August 2017