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Joint UK and Indian civil society statement on the proposed Free Trade Agreement
29-Jul-2022 Traidcraft Exchange
We, as organisations representing Indian and UK civil society, call on the Indian and UK Governments to rethink the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated.
KCA, a Reno Nevada based mining company, suspended gold mine in Guatemala
28-Jul-2022 Sierra Nevada Ally
However, locals feel latent tension that the imminent consultation process or the arbitration suit could revive earlier threats, violence, and legal persecution from company employees and contractors.
Government set to ram through Australia trade deal defying public cries for scrutiny
28-Jul-2022 Global Justice Now
New polling reveals only one-fifth (21%) of UK public are satisfied with the current parliamentary process of scrutiny for the UK-Australia trade deal.
100+ civil society groups ask White House for transparency in IPEF deal
25-Jul-2022 Public Citizen
Public, congressional input is essential to prevent another TPP.
’Digital sovereignty must be at core of Pacific e-commerce strategy’
8-Jul-2022 Voxy
The Pacific regional e-commerce strategy needs to be revised as it denies Pacific Island Countries their sovereign right to manage their digital domains, including data, a new report has found.
Six reasons NOT to ratify the EU-Mexico Global Agreement
5-Jul-2022 bilaterals.org
Statement of the Mexican, European and international civil society, 4 July 2022
Civil society calls upon EU and Indonesia to respect the rights of Indonesia’s famers
4-Jul-2022 Indonesia for Global Justice
Close to 90 NGOs and farmers’ organisations from Indonesia, the EU and around the world sent open letters to the EU Commission and the Indonesian government today, calling on them to refrain from any clause that restrict farmers’ rights in a future free trade agreement.
Government: Cut the spin and give a truthful assessment of the EU deal
1-Jul-2022 Scoop
There is much more at stake here than just agriculture, with several chapters seeming to impose restrictions on New Zealand laws and how the government can regulate.
False good news for future EU free trade agreements
27-Jun-2022 European Coordination Via Campesina
ECVC is heavily critical of the lack of ambition shown by the European Commission to tackle only future free trade agreements, meaning the pre-existing FTAs can continue their environmental and social devastation.
’Mad rush to sign FTAs not in interests of farmers’
27-Jun-2022 Deccan Herald
India is inking a series of Free Trade Agreements but there is criticism from various quarters about it. All India Kisan Sabha Joint Secretary Vijoo Krishnan spoke about what is wrong with FTAs and where the government is erring.
Commission’s trade sanctions proposal falls short
23-Jun-2022 Fern
The proposal lacks ambition, especially when it comes to addressing trade’s role in driving climate breakdown.
Physical space in a digital world
20-Jun-2022 Font
Community radio spaces like CKUT have worked to deepen and reorient the mainstream political conversation in profound ways, slowly shifting the focus toward voices calling for transformative social change and justice.
The most worrisome threat to global climate action you’ve likely never heard of
14-Jun-2022 Sierra
How investor-friendly trade agreements might squelch government efforts to halt oil and gas expansion.
“DOWN DOWN WTO!” – Peasants agitate against the 12th Ministerial Conference of WTO
13-Jun-2022 La Via Campesina
During the demonstration, peasants denounced the policies that the WTO has promoted in various countries, that has impoverished and displaced rural families through countless free trade agreements.
Latin American leaders should stand up for people, not corporate profits
10-Jun-2022 Inequality.org
As leaders gather in Los Angeles, a reflection on the past two decades of battles against neoliberalism and for a more just and equitable alternative in the Americas.
More free trade will not solve the food crisis
8-Jun-2022 Al Jazeera
WTO has lost the trust of the people, and all governments must keep agricultural matters out of free trade agreements.
Mobility transition slowed down
2-Jun-2022 Anders Handeln
The EU-Mercosur agreement and the influence of the automotive industry.
From solar dream to legal nightmare
2-Jun-2022 TNI
How financial investors, law firms and arbitrators are profiting from the investment arbitration boom in Spain.
Why is the agriculture sector against RCEP?
31-May-2022 Philstar Global
The current Senate should defer further action on RCEP. President-elect Bongbong Marcos and the incoming Congress can then review the agreement and craft the country’s trade policy, consistent with an overall plan for the revitalization and competitiveness of Philippine agriculture.
Social movement reflections on FTAs in the new Chilean constitution
26-May-2022 bilaterals.org
Interview with Chilean activist Lucía Sepúlveda Ruiz.