Three Amigos or Fair-Weather Friends?
January 10, 2023 | This week’s North American Leaders’ summit is soured by dubious challenges to Mexican food and energy sovereignty.
Articles by Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Trump and Trade: The Perils for Agriculture
January 10, 2017 | Donald Trump has taken aim at free trade agreements. What could renegotiation look like?
Seeds of Corporate Power vs Farmers’ Rights
September 27, 2016 | We need to start tilting the playing field back in favor of farmers and the environment.
NAFTA at 20: State of the North American Farmer
December 20, 2013 | In the United States and throughout North America, NAFTA has accelerated the industrial consolidation of agriculture and pushed out smaller, more sustainable food producers.
Food security and the WTO
December 21, 2011 | The WTO should stop insisting on an out-of-date trade agenda. It should get back on track -- or get out of the way -- to support fresh approaches that bolster local food systems.
Redefining Security: A Budget for a New Generation
October 6, 2005 | As leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere countries gather in Quebec City, Canada in April 2001, President George W. Bush hopes that the third Summit of the Americas will mark a step toward fulfilling his fathers dream of creating a free trade area stretching from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
FTAA Fails to Gain Support from Citizens and Governments Across the Region
September 30, 2005 | Trade ministers from the Americas are meeting in Miami November 20-21 to discuss plans to complete—or drastically scale back the scope of—the negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
Free Trade Area of the Americas
December 1, 1996 | The economic crisis in Mexico has dampened enthusiasm in the U.S. for the extension of free-trade agreements throughout the Americas.