Civil society release letter signed by 200 organizations calling for transparency and accountability in free trade negotiations

A l’initiative du Réseau des Organisations paysannes et des producteurs
agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA), des leaders de trois réseaux
d’organisations paysannes des régions ACP se sont réunis en parallèle à
l’Assemblée parlementaire paritaire, à Vienne ce 19 juin 2006, afin
d’évaluer le processus visant à instaurer des Accords de Partenariat
Economiques entre leur région respective et l’Union Européenne

At the initiative of the Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’
Organizations of West Africa (ROPPA), leaders of three small farmers’
networks from ACP regions met in parallel to the Joint Parliamentary
Assembly in Vienna on 19 June 2006 to assess the process of
negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements between their regions and
the European Union.

The Korean Peasants League and the Korea Dairy & Beef Farmers Association have filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the ministry’s reluctance to share information with them related to the first round of South Korean-US free trade talks that concluded in Washington last week.

FTA Watch would like to call upon the Japanese Government to explain its position clearly to the international community and to reassure the Thai people that it will not take advantage of their situation by signing the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement with the Thai caretaker Government

Given the lack of transparency and accountability in the on-going negotiations and the strong likelihood of an imbalanced outcome in the US-Malaysia FTA negotiations, we urgently call on the government to halt all further negotiations until a comprehensive cost-benefit assessment is done.

As Malaysia and the United States began their first round of talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), they were confronted by a group of Malaysian protesters concerned that the agreement will cause the country more harm than good.

Activists protested for a second day in New Brunswick on Saturday as business leaders met to discuss a proposed free-trade zone for the Maritimes, Quebec and northeastern United States.

Unos 25 mil trabajadores de Costa Rica marcharon el jueves por las calles céntricas de San José, capital del país, contra la ratificación de la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamérica y Estados Unidos (CAFTA por sus siglas en inglés)

Campesinos, estudiantes y trabajadores realizarán este jueves en Lima, una movilización unitaria para rechazar el Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos y para que el Gobierno reconozca el derecho a someter esa decisión a referéndum

While the USTR’s team whines that protests are disrupting the talks, protestors led by the 60 plus delegation from South Korea stepped up the pressure by going to the offices of Cargill, an agricultural multinational corporation deeply involved in the impoverishment of traditional Korean farmers.

Downtown traffic was temporarily jammed Wednesday as South Korean protesters opposing a trade agreement with the United States rallied the Buddhist way, bowing to the ground every three steps.

Thai citizens could file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court if the caretaker government signs a free trade agreement with Japan, said Somchai Preechasinlapakun, dean of law at Chiang Mai University.

Koreans descended on Washington this weekend to oppose a proposed US-South Korea "free" trade deal. Listen to the audio report from WSQT Radio.

Some 1,300 protesters hit the streets of central Seoul Saturday to oppose a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.

Peruvian farmer, union and student organizations announced Friday a strike as of June 8 for an indefinite period against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States, to avoid its ratification in the Congress.

Pronunciamiento de la Coordinadora Nacional de Lucha contra el TLC

Este lunes se llevó a cabo la primer actividad pública convocada por organizaciones sociales en rechazo a un eventual inicio de negociaciones entre Uruguay y Estados Unidos para suscribir un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC)

South Korean activists have pledged to hold peaceful protests against a proposed South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) in Washington early next month. "We want to explain to American citizens why we oppose the FTA with the US."

El sábado 20 de mayo se realizó en la Capital Federal un Plenario Nacional de la Convocatoria "No al ALCA". Representantes de organizaciones de todo el país analizaron la actualidad política y los espacios organizativos actuales.