Trade deal attack on safe food and sustainable agriculture
Congress is considering Fast Track trade promotion legislation that is seen as a prerequisite for the approval of two major trade agreements: the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. If approved, the two deals would undermine government safeguards related to food safety, food product labeling and gene patents.[1] The trade agreements are being negotiated and drafted in secret with the assistance of lawyers and lobbyists from global…