The only way the Colombian deal will remain the first accord of its kind defeated in Washington, it’s clear, is if organized labor continues to play the central role in establishing the terms of debate around basic human rights and keeping Democratic members of Congress in line.

The President of the National Union of Public Workers says the Barbados trade union movement missed a golden opportunity to make its views known on the proposed economic partnership agreement between Caricom and the European Union.

Movimientos sociales, ONGs y organizaciones de base, hacen un llamado para redoblar los esfuerzos con el fin de parar los Tratados de "Libre Comercio"

Estamos compartiendo con ustedes la carta de Héctor Mondragón en la que ratifica firmemente su compromiso con la resistencia civil a raíz de las recientes acusaciones que se han hecho en su contra. Dado su papel en la lucha contra los tratados de libre comercio y en defensa de los intereses de los campesinos e indígenas del país, creemos importante difundirla.

Réunis à Accra, les membres du Réseau africain sur le commerce, plus connu sous son appellation anglaise, African Trade Network (Atn), ont signé une déclaration dans laquelle ils se déclarent « plus que jamais déterminés à arrêter tous les Ape ».

Entretien avec Paul Berenger, leader de l’opposition à Maurice

While it has been asserted that failure to conclude the agreement within the timeframe dictated by the E.C. would threaten Caribbean exports to Europe, we feel that our leaders should not be constrained to pursue a course of action which could prove to be adverse to our people in the long run.

Se analizará el paquete de decretos legislativos emitidos por el gobierno central en el marco de las facultades concedidas por el Congreso en el marco de la implementación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con los Estados Unidos y que atentan contra los derechos de las comunidades nativas

Church leaders in the Caribbean have urged regional governments to reject the Economic Partnership Agreement proposed by the European Union, saying the terms of the treaty would harm the economy, marginalize the poor, and undermine the Caribbean’s democratic institutions.

Senior representatives of the government, the opposition political parties, the trade union movement, the private sector, religious bodies and other non-governmental organizations unanimously called on regional leaders not to sign it in its present form.

En este mes el país se vio sorprendido por una contundente protesta de las 65 etnias amazónicas, que comenzó el 9 de agosto, Día Internacional de Los Pueblos Indígenas, exigiendo la derogatoria de una serie de decretos que ponían en peligro no solo sus territorios sino su misma existencia

Nous relayons la pétition pour la suspension de l’Accord d’Association Union Européenne-Israël, lancée par The Peace Cycle, et qui sera remise au Parlement Européen le 9 septembre prochain. Ci-dessous le texte de la pétition traduit par ISM.

Filipinos say no to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement

The EPAs are not fundamentally concerned about African development but are designed to further the geo-economic aims of the ‘Global Europe’ strategy being pushed from Brussels in the interest of European corporations and capital. Declaration from Africa Trade Network.

The Southern Bank is not just a bank, not even a further development bank. It is the expression of the struggle against a model that takes out resources from the poorest nations. If this bank no longer manages to represent such expression and becomes more of the same, the movement will have a new institution to resist.

A marathon debate on the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Bill ended in disarray in Jamaica Tuesday night after Members of the Opposition walked out of Parliament. The walkout was the first of its kind in almost 30 years but it failed to prevent the passage of the Bill which was done before the end of the sitting.

The multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FairTrade), a broad coalition of industry, agriculture, formal and informal labor, NGOs and youth pushing for trade and economic reforms, maintains its stance in the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that it will not favor the agreement’s ratification without renegotiation.

Workers groups from the ASEAN nations met this August 24-27, 2008 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to take a stand and plan campaigns against the proposed EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement.

A former Saudi official yesterday urged Gulf oil producers to halt their prolonged free trade negotiations with the European Union (EU) and opt instead for separate agreements that will serve the region’s interests.

Dozens of organizations of the Movimiento Social (Social Movement)
will be convening on Tuesday in front of the Poder Judicial de Costa Rica, in downtown San José, to demand the magistrates of the Corte Plena (Full Court) its independence from the powers of the State and reject its alliance with the Poder Ejecutivo (Executive branch of the government).