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		<title>Big Tech's digital trade agenda is a danger for farmers and food systems</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-05-18 17:13:43</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> digital economy | e-commerce </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>

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            18-May-2026
            &lt;p&gt;Criticism against Big Tech's digital crusade is growing, along with demands for greater regulation. Yet, through underhand tactics such as trade deals, tech companies are blocking reform.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Yaound&#233; declaration: The WTO And free trade cause hunger, poverty and inequality</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-03-31 13:09:24</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Cameroon </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>
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		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>

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            31-Mar-2026
            &lt;p&gt;For nearly thirty years the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), peasants' organisations gathered in Cameroon have concluded that the WTO and free trade agreements hinder the development of countries in the Global South and lead to the ruin of small-scale producers worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Global call to mobilise against the WTO and free trade agreements</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-03-05 13:42:56</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
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            05-Mar-2026
            &lt;p&gt;As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaound&#233;, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>US tariff policy bulldozing Asia's agriculture</title>
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		<dc:date>2026-01-28 14:16:57</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> Asia </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> India </dc:subject>

		<description>
            28-Jan-2026
            &lt;p&gt;Asian farmers are bearing the heaviest burden of Washington's import tariffs. And tariffs are only part of the threat.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>&#8220;A new global trade framework based on food sovereignty is urgent and necessary&#8221; &#8211; La Via Campesina</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-09-11 13:23:10</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>

		<description>
            11-Sep-2025
            &lt;p&gt;On this International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements, La Via Campesina reaffirms its call for a new global trade framework rooted in food sovereignty.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Building momentum for an alternative global trade framework grounded in food sovereignty</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-09-05 13:57:50</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>

		<description>
            05-Sep-2025
            &lt;p&gt;Through years of internal consultations, the movement has developed a set of initial proposals, which she presented with an invitation for broader input and collaboration.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Making sense of tariffs &#8211; A briefing note by La Via Campesina</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-06-06 11:10:28</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> regulation </dc:subject>

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            06-Jun-2025
            &lt;p&gt;This note compiles various arguments in support of using tariffs and non-tariff barriers to protect small-scale food producers and to promote food sovereignty and economic self-determination.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>International trade crisis: an opportunity to reduce our dependencies rather than create new ones!</title>
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		<dc:date>2025-04-16 16:11:52</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>

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            16-Apr-2025
            &lt;p&gt;To defend agriculture, food and markets in Europe, we must move away from the free trade paradigm and strengthen food sovereignty!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>The peasant women of La Via Campesina in Africa are saying NO to the WTO and the FTAs</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-09-17 13:01:06</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> women </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Africa </dc:subject>

		<description>
            17-Sep-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Global resistance to free trade intensifies: International day of action against the WTO and free trade agreements&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>A new framework for trade based on food sovereignty</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-09-16 13:30:44</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>

		<description>
            16-Sep-2024
            &lt;p&gt;The current international trade order was established to support the expansion of transnational companies and to keep colonial powers in control of the world's natural resources.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Farmers, food and freedom</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-09-13 13:53:21</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> intellectual property </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> UK </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>

		<description>
            13-Sep-2024
            &lt;p&gt;How trade deals are undermining the right to seeds.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Day of action against the WTO and FTAs: Statement of organizations in Canada and the US</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-09-12 13:18:47</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> US </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Canada </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>

		<description>
            12-Sep-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United State recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>International day of action against the WTO and free trade agreements: Call to action!</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-08-22 09:55:27</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>

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            22-Aug-2024
            &lt;p&gt;The 10th of September is recognized by La Via Campesina and its allies worldwide as the International Day of Action Against the World Trade Organization and Free Trade Agreements.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title> ECVC rejects free trade narrative of AGRIFISH council and demands market regulation and an end to FTAs to address root causes of farmers' issues</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-05-02 14:12:25</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>

		<description>
            02-May-2024
            &lt;p&gt;For farmers on the ground, FTAs and the WTO rules only serve to drive down prices as far as possible, with no regard for the costs to the wellbeing and health of farmers and citizens, nor the impact on climate and biodiversity.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Farmer protests: the wrong u-turn</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-03-28 15:55:08</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> environment </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> climate </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> EU </dc:subject>

		<description>
            28-Mar-2024
            &lt;p&gt;Many farmers are fighting against deregulation: namely, free trade agreements that set unequal competition, the dumping of cheap produce on their markets, and the dismantling of market support.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Free Trade Agreements are Failed Trade Agreements. An alternative is now urgent and necessary</title>
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		<dc:date>2024-02-27 11:19:44</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> bilateralism &amp; multilateralism </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> WTO </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>

		<description>
            27-Feb-2024
            &lt;p&gt;La Via Campesina's Statement and Open call for Endorsement&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>&#034;Free trade agreements are an engine of poverty and inequality.&#034; Interview with Jos&#233; Mar&#237;a Oviedo</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-11-28 15:55:53</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>

		<description>
            28-Nov-2023
            &lt;p&gt;In a context where free trade policies have had a significant impact on peasant and farming communities around the world, La Via Campesina has declared that it is time to take strong action.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>The new colonialist food economy</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-09-21 23:59:27</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> GMOs </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> AfCFTA </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Africa </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> African Union </dc:subject>

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            21-Sep-2023
            &lt;p&gt;This past summer, the global trade regime finalized details for a revolution in African agriculture. Under a pending draft protocol on IPR, the trade bodies sponsoring the AFCFTA seek to lock all 54 African nations into a proprietary and punitive model of food cultivation.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Canada: NFU calls for fair and just international trade systems</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-09-12 13:46:08</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> investor-state disputes | ISDS </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> Canada </dc:subject>

		<description>
            12-Sep-2023
            &lt;p&gt;On this September 10th 2023, the NFU stands united with our allies in La Via Campesina calling for fair and just international trade systems.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>La Via Campesina is determined to build an alternative framework for global trade in agriculture &#8211; written by the peasants, for the people</title>
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		<dc:date>2023-09-11 11:39:29</dc:date>
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		<dc:subject> agriculture | farmers | food </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> alternatives </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> from the movements </dc:subject>
		<dc:subject> actions | resistance </dc:subject>

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            11-Sep-2023
            &lt;p&gt;The peasants, small-scale food producers, wage and migrant workers and indigenous communities of La Via Campesina will draft an alternative trade framework, leveraging our collective knowledge of agriculture and food trade to ensure no one goes hungry.&lt;/p&gt;
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