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International Trade Education Squad (ITES) of the Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop. Educating members about international trade deals.
The Big Business Push to Resurrect NAFTAs Corporate Courts www.citizen.org/article/the-...

Under Trump's USMCA the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system was entirely ended between the US and Canada, and narrowed with Mexico. Now corporate lobbyists are trying push back.
The Big Business Push to Resurrect NAFTA's Corporate Courts - Public Citizen
As the mandatory six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) commences,  some of the most powerful corporations in the United…
www.citizen.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Costco joins with other multinationals seeking tariff refunds saying only Congress, can impose tariffs. They say those that have paid IEEPA duties are not guaranteed a refund for illegal tariffs without their own judgment and judicial relief.
Costco seeks 'full refund' for tariffs in new lawsuit against Trump administration
President Donald Trump imposed a flurry of tariffs earlier this year.
abcnews.go.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Feeding Climate Change: A scoring of major meat and dairy companies’ climate-related risk and emissions reporting | IATP www.iatp.org/feeding-clim... Full List

Many of these companies are multinational corporations. Do you invest in any of them? Check it out.
Feeding Climate Change: A scoring of major meat and dairy companies’ climate-related risk and emissions reporting
In this report, IATP introduces the Meat and Dairy Climate Reporting Scorecard, which confirms that the world’s major meat and dairy companies are falling short on transparent and reliable reporting o...
www.iatp.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Is the deal with China an agreement or a handshake? | IATP www.iatp.org/china-trade-...

Can our US farmers plan next year's plantings with so much uncertainty? Can they trust a Xi-Trump handshake?
Is the deal with China an agreement or a handshake?
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced a deal with China that would open up trade on precious minerals, lower tariffs, and increase agricultural purchases.
www.iatp.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great analysis of the consequences digital trade/ information flows and how it effects us as digital consumers.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...

Trump tariffs tiff with Canada steel and lumber sparks protectionism. This as Trump’s USMCA is under review.
As Hopes for a Trade Deal With Trump Vanish, Canada Tackles Tariff Fallout
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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In a Q&A with Civil Eats, Lexy Close of the Appalachian Producers Cooperative says the new facility has decreased processing wait times and could revive the area’s local meat economy.
This Farmer-Owned Meat Processing Co-op in Tennessee Changes the Game
A Q&A with Lexy Close of the Appalachian Producers Cooperative, who says the new facility could revive the area’s local meat economy.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...

Love Italian pastas? An anti-dumping investigation requested by American companies 8th Avenue Food & Prov., (Ronzoni), and Winland Foods (San Giorgio and Prince).
Pasta at Twice the Price? Some Italian Producers Face Huge U.S. Tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
www.artofcitizenry.com/podcast/tari...

Love coffee? Art of Citizenry Podcast, host Manpreet Kaur Kalra is joined by Nicole Vitello of Equal Exchange, a worker-owned co-operative with the mission to build long-term fair trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound.
Tariffs, Trade Wars, and the Future of Fair Trade | Art of Citizenry
In this conversation with Equal Exchange, a fair trade worker-owned co-operative, we examine how global trade policies are reshaping the landscape for ethical businesses. Tune in now!
www.artofcitizenry.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“Tariffs for thee, discounts for those who hire my friends.”

Pakistan spent big on Trump-tied lobbyists, and weeks later got VIP access and major tariff reductions.
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...

Just in time for Thanksgiving?

"Some analysts said the administration’s move was a tacit admission that tariffs had pushed up prices in the first place — a basic tenet among economists that the administration has often denied or dismissed."
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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"...tens of billions redirected outward every year are not an abstract macro variable; they are a direct subtraction from universal childcare, elder-care, public housing, mental-health services, and the infrastructures that make equality real."
From Tariffs to Tribute: The $350B Price of ‘Parity’
On 29 October 2025, the carefully scripted pageantry of the US-ROK alliance in Gyeongju and Seoul met an unwelcome counter-narrative from the streets.
znetwork.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

So now the money the federal government will get from tariffs is nothing to brag about? 🙄
Trump Team Now Claims Its Trillions in Tariff Revenue Are ‘Incidental’
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November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The USDA has transferred billions of dollars to a slush fund at the Office of the Secretary for the farmer trade bailout. Shockingly, the money seems to be coming from the Conservation Reserve Program and Dairy Margin Protection Program, and even potentially loans. www.govexec.com/management/2...
USDA transfers $13B into ‘slush fund’ for future tariff relief
The move has left the department incapable of delivering some mandatory farmer aid programs, and is raising concerns in Congress.
www.govexec.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Soybean Farmers Find Relief in U.S. Trade Truce With China www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...

A sigh of relief? For now...

#soybeans #trade #tariffs
Soybean Farmers Find Relief in U.S. Trade Truce With China
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October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The meat & dairy industry is a major climate threat rivaling Big Oil — that continues to escape accountability. Voluntary climate initiatives have been rolled back or revealed to be deceptive greenwashing, while countries are still failing to take action on emissions. www.iatp.org/big-meat-and...
Big meat and dairy companies rival major oil companies as sources of climate pollution
In 2018, IATP worked with GRAIN to analyze some of the biggest meat and dairy company’s climate pollution for the first time. Collecting emission and production data from the companies was a challenge...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/b...

What are the origin of goods in global trade? What the US says on rule of origin could blow up agreements across Asia. Who will police this new content rule? Then there are separate sector tariffs.
The ‘Sleeper Issue’ at the Heart of Trump’s Trade War on China
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

Be aware of what Trump wants from them. $350 Billion from Koreans and $550 Billion from the Japanese. How long before he goes back for more? Primarily there are the political implications as well.
#trade #APEC #ASEAN
Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him
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October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Trump is certainly showing who he is to farmers and ranchers. Of course, ranchers don't set consumer prices - that's controlled by the big 4 companies (JBS/Tyson/Cargill/Natl Beef) that dominate the beef sector, several just settle price-fixing cases. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...
Trump says U.S. cattle ranchers 'don't understand' tariffs after some slam Argentine beef plan
President Donald Trump said U.S. cattle ranchers "don't understand" how they have benefitted from his tariffs, adding that they "have to get their prices down."
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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South Korea preparing for #APEC Summit. The Korean government sent the US a revised version of a memorandum of understanding about the US$350 billion investment fund that is the bone of contention in the two countries’ ongoing tariff negotiations.
#trade #tarriffs
Korea says it’s waiting for US response on revised plan for $350 billion investment fund
Seoul said it is exploring the option of announcing an agreement reached on national security before the APEC summit later this month
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October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

... keep paying farmers to farm soybeans ... convert some of those soybeans into wildly inefficient fuels, pay them even more when they can’t sell their soybeans ... and then pay extra to bail out one of the countries replacing them in the marketplace.
#tarriffs
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
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October 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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#foodsecurity #foodjustice #agroecology

Join the IATP to learn more about their work. Executive Director Sophia Murphy will share about the Nyéléni Global Forum, which IATP attended last month in Sri Lanka.
Shaping the Future of Food: Solutions from Saint Paul to Sri Lanka
In honor of World Food Day, join us for a webinar on October 21, 2025 to hear about how IATP is working from St. Paul to Sri Lanka to advance food systems change for students in Minnesota and communit...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM