Tying climate change requirements to trade agreements may seem wise, but doing so holds dangerous moral implications. Elsewhere, negotiation means everybody gets something and NAFTA renegotiations mean Mexico should target the U.S. sugar supply management program. Moral Based Trade When activists in Europe and the U.S. began insisting that trade agreements be conditioned on labor and environmental policy obligations, there were warnings about the slippery slope of adding externalities. Now members of the European Parliament are demanding that a trade agreement between the EU and India be conditioned on religious freedom. This moral conscious issue would be a problem in many countries, especially with those just across the Mediterranean fr...
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What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...