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		<title>EU-Indonesia trade deal tuna fillets raises concerns with Europ&#234;che</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-05-12 10:18:12</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> corporate interests </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Indonesia </dc:subject>

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            12-May-2026
            &lt;p&gt;Representatives of Europ&#234;che reiterate their deep concerns regarding the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia, the world's leading tuna producer.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>MEPs push back on Commission over Western Sahara in EU&#8211;Morocco trade </title>
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		<dc:date>2026-03-20 11:18:19</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>

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            20-Mar-2026
            &lt;p&gt;MEPs from across the political spectrum sharply criticised the European Commission over its handling of EU-Morocco trade relations covering occupied Western Sahara, raising concerns over legality, transparency and an apparent disregard for Parliament's role.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>US reciprocal tariffs is illegal, Agreement of Reciprocal Trade must not be ratified</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-03-12 05:27:10</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> medicines </dc:subject>

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            12-Mar-2026
            &lt;p&gt;The Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice (Koalisi MKE) urges President Prabowo Subianto not to ratify the reciprocal trade agreement (ART) between Indonesia and the United States (US) signed on February 19, 2026. The 19% tariff reduction obtained by Indonesia in this agreement is not commensurate with the surrender of the country's sovereignty to US interests.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Thai tuna industry pushes for tariff-free EU access amid trade talks</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-11-18 09:50:11</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Thailand </dc:subject>

		<description>
            18-Nov-2025
            &lt;p&gt;EU fishers warn Thailand still faces sustainability and human-rights concerns as FTA negotiations intensify.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Europ&#234;che warns EU against duty-free Thai tuna access</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-09-26 12:27:16</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Thailand </dc:subject>

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            26-Sep-2025
            &lt;p&gt;Europ&#234;che has urged the European Commission to exclude tuna products from the EU&#8211;Thailand free trade agreement currently entering a new round of talks on 29 September.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>EU official urges T&amp;T: Ratify EPA, modernise fisheries rules</title>
		<link>https://www.bilaterals.org/?eu-official-urges-t-t-ratify-epa</link>
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		<dc:date>2025-07-21 13:09:27</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> EPAs </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Trinidad &amp; Tobago </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>

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            21-Jul-2025
            &lt;p&gt;John Bazill, an official responsible for trade relations with the Caribbean in the European Commission's Trade Department, is encouraging T&amp;T to ratify the long-outstanding Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Mixed ruling in UK-EU fishing dispute as Britain seeks Brexit reset</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-05-05 13:22:02</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> UK </dc:subject>

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            05-May-2025
            &lt;p&gt;Arbitrators asked to settle a dispute between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit fishing rights have given a mixed ruling, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Europeche calls for exclusion of tuna from new free trade agreement with Thailand</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-04-01 09:18:28</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Thailand </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> corporate interests </dc:subject>

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            01-Apr-2025
            &lt;p&gt;As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>EU-Thailand trade talks resume as Spain worries about tuna sector</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-04-01 09:16:29</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Thailand </dc:subject>

		<description>
            01-Apr-2025
            &lt;p&gt;As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-01-30 10:49:10</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> UK </dc:subject>

		<description>
            30-Jan-2025
            &lt;p&gt;The hearing will delve into whether Britain's fishing ban violates the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>The EU says it won't renew a fishing agreement with Senegal criticized by many in the country</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-11-13 10:44:08</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Senegal </dc:subject>

		<description>
            13-Nov-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Many local fishermen say they can't compete with the foreign industrial trawlers and barely catch enough fish to make a living.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>BREAKING: EU Court ruling: occupied Western Sahara not part of EU-Morocco agreements</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-10-07 14:00:55</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>

		<description>
            07-Oct-2024
            &lt;p&gt;In its rulings on, 4 October 2024, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) has concluded that the EU appeals were all rejected.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Fish farmers up in arms at proposed FTA with EFTA members</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-03-19 09:32:35</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Thailand </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EFTA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>

		<description>
            19-Mar-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Representatives of six fish farmer associations on Monday submitted a letter to Prime Minister and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin, urging the government to halt the negotiation of a free trade agreement (FTA) for imported fish that Thailand is planning with EFTA.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions &#8211; for trying to protect its own seabed</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-02-01 11:04:02</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> environment </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> mining </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> investor-state disputes | ISDS </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> NAFTA | USMCA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Mexico </dc:subject>

		<description>
            01-Feb-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California's coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Tribunal reject first ICSID claim brought against Norway</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-01-12 09:10:58</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> investor-state disputes | ISDS </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Norway </dc:subject>

		<description>
            12-Jan-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Peteris Pildegovics and SIA North Star argued that Norway had violated the BIT between Latvia and Norway in relation to alleged investments of the claimants in snow crab harvesting licenses and harvesting vessels.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Unravel neoliberal trade: a failed solution to food sovereignty</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-08-31 09:50:42</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> women </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Asia </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Pacific Islands / Pacific Forum </dc:subject>

		<description>
            31-Aug-2023
            &lt;p&gt;APWLD produces the briefing paper to unpack the understanding of CSOs and movements on how neoliberal trade and investment agreements, and how the current system are undermining food sovereignty and women's human rights while cementing corporate power.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Morocco and Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing?</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-07-27 00:53:50</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Algeria </dc:subject>

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            27-Jul-2023
            &lt;p&gt;With Israel recognizing Western Sahara as part of the Moroccan kingdom and a contentious fishing agreement between Morocco and the EU expiring, tensions are intensifying between the Polisario Front, Morocco and Algeria.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Polisario blocks agreements between the EU and Morocco</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-07-27 00:51:49</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>

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            27-Jul-2023
            &lt;p&gt;The Polisario Front announces that the fishing agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, which has recently expired, must respect the sovereignty of the Saharawi territories before its reactivation.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>EU-Morocco fisheries deal stuck pending court decision on self-determination claim</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-07-20 02:12:24</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>

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            20-Jul-2023
            &lt;p&gt;A long-standing multi-million euro fisheries deal between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco expired on Monday (17 July) due to a dispute over its legality and the inclusion of Western Sahara's representatives in the negotiations, pending a decision from the EU's highest court.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Morocco-EU fisheries agreement &#8216;remains in force', to be deployed to &#8216;deepen bilateral partnership' (joint statement)</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-07-20 01:47:29</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Morocco </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> fisheries | fisherfolk </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Western Sahara </dc:subject>

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            20-Jul-2023
            &lt;p&gt;Morocco and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue their cooperation as provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the field of sustainable fisheries, which &#8220;remains in force&#8221;, in order to deepen their bilateral partnership.&lt;/p&gt;
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