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Articles by keyword
GMOs
Geopolitiek en de mondiale rooftocht der ondernemingen
| 29-March-2005
We zullen hieronder onderzoeken hoe bilaterale investeringsverdragen (BITs) en vrijhandelsovereenkomsten (FTAs) die specifieke investeringsbepalingen bevatten zowel geopolitieke als economische belangen reflecteren. We zullen ook zien hoe deze overeenkomsten helpen om de rechten en privileges van transnationale ondernemingen opnieuw te formuleren, waaronder commerciële controle over biodiversiteit door intellectuele eigendomsrechten IPR (Intelectuel Property Rights).
Corporate conquest, global geopolitics: Intellectual property rights and bilateral investment treaties
| 17-March-2005
Examines how bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements which contain specific investment provisions reflect geopolitical concerns and redefine rights and privileges for transnational corporations, including with respect to commercial control over biodiversity through intellectual property rights.
El TLC y los transgénicos
| 7-March-2005
El voluminoso texto en inglés, preparado por los EE.UU. conocido como Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) y entregado, bajo confidencialidad, a los representantes de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia, abarca tantos y tan complejos temas que su estudio y “negociación”, necesitaría la participación de un ejército de técnicos, expertos o como quiera llamarse a quienes tengan la responsabilidad de aceptar (¿o rechazar?) cuanto se propone en él, máxime que la economía, el desarrollo y en general la vida del país, quedaría comprometida ¡por cien años!
US restarts Egypt trade talks
| 28-February-2005
The Bush administration in its second term is continuing its drive for closer economic ties with the Middle East, restarting trade-related talks with Egypt this week and formally opening free-trade agreement negotiations with Oman and the United Arab Emirates next month.
"Consulta popular", exigen en Guatemala antes que ratificación TLC
| 11-February-2005
Integrantes de organizaciones campesinas, indígenas y sindicales de Guatemala exigieron hoy a los diputados al Congreso convocar a una consulta popular para que la ciudadanía decida si se ratifica o no un pacto comercial con Estados Unidos.
FTA: Facing The Apocalypse?
| 12-January-2005
The graffiti on the walls in Quito ask if the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the US is pushing on Colombia, Peru and Ecuador means that our days are numbered.
TLC: ¿Tenemos Los días Contados?
| 12-January-2005
En estos días las pintas quiteñas preguntan si con el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) que EEUU está impulsando con Colombia, Perú y Ecuador ¿tenemos los días contados?
Thailand: Academics call for temporary suspension of FTA talks with US
| 13-November-2004
Thai academics called on the government on Friday to temporarily suspend ongoing free trade area (FTA) negotiations with the United States, and suggested it to identify impacts on the country’s intellectual property rights and agricultural products.
Ecuador: 15 razones para decir No al TLC
| 25-October-2004
La Confederación de Pueblos de la Nacionalidad Kichwa del Ecuador ECUARUNARI, y Acción Ecológica, organizaciones integrantes de la Campaña Nacional contra el ALCA y el TLC, han publicado recientemente un documento que contiene 15 razones para oponerse al Tratado de Libre Comercio, TLC.
Australian biotech industry sounds warning bells on FTA amendments
| 27-September-2004
Australia’s Biotechnology Industry Organisation representing over 2,000 Members, is deeply concerned at the potential unintended consequences and the uncertainty created by the proposed FTA amendments.
US businessmen back Arroyo reform agenda
| 19-September-2004
American businessmen have given the thumbs up to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s move to undertake "painful" reforms in solving the fiscal crisis and a projected power crisis, Philippines-US Business Council chairman Ramon del Rosario Jr. said Thursday.
Thais lift ban on GMO planting, will regulate trials
| 24-August-2004
Thailand has lifted a three-year ban on planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by allowing the crops to grow in open-field trials with non-GMO plants.
POLICY REVERSAL: Green light for GMOs
| 22-August-2004
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday bestowed the government’s tacit blessing on the planting and trading of genetically modified (GM) crops by revoking an earlier ban on their commercial use, in defiance of wide opposition from farmers, environmentalists and consumer networks.
URGENT: Stay GE-Free: Reject the US-Australia FTA
| 30-July-2004
If Howard and Bush’s so-called ’free trade’ deal is confirmed by the Australian parliament and senate (WHICH CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF THE ALP VOTES WITH THE GOVERNMENT), genetically engineered crops and foods will be forced down our throats and onto our farms, and our hopes for GE-free Australia will end!!
US Trade Negotiators May Bring Up Genetically Modified Organisms Issue
| 4-July-2004
US trade negotiators are expected to raise the issue of Thai regulations on genetically modified organisms and domestic labour laws during bilateral free-trade talks. 
The free trade agreements that are being vigorously negotiated by the US are empowering corporations in a manner that places them at the top of a global hierarchy, matching their economic might with political rights that bypass processes of democratic decision making. |
La Vía Campesina se hace presente en Bali para protestar en contra OMC y el Régimen de Libre Comercio
| 4-Dec-2013
More than 100 organizations sign transatlantic statement opposing dangerous investor "rights" chapter in CETA
| 26-Nov-2013
Wikileaks publie le chapitre portant sur la propriété intellectuelle de l’accord secret de Partenariat Trans-Pacifique
| 16-Nov-2013
Déclaration de la société civile de l’Afrique de l’Ouest sur l’Accord de Partenariat économique et le Tarif extérieur Commun
| 25-Oct-2013
Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty
| 17-Oct-2013
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