A landmark trial in Canada will set a precedent for Monsanto's ability to protect its patents on genetically modified crops, says Scott Morrison. Monsanto, the US life sciences group, has been having ...
International trade policy is driven by a narrow set of interests, negotiated far from the public eye. Since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, global and bilateral free trade ...
Payments for environmental services (PES) represent a new, more direct way to promote conservation. They explicitly recognize the need to address difficult trade-offs by bridging the interests of ...
The use of the genetically engineered hormone rBGH not only increases the risk of cancer and other illnesses, but it intensifies the already unhealthy confinement of animals in industrial-scale dairy ...
Claudia Aurand is the associate director of development at IATP. Karen Hansen-Kuhn is the director of trade and international strategies at IATP and works in Washington, D.C. Program Associate for ...
The chemical/biotechnology company Monsanto knew for years that the PCBs it was producing were harmful to people and the environment. This article describes how the company tried to cover up the harm ...