A member of the European Parliament has told the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) joint parliamentary assembly meeting this week in Port Moresby that free trade deals initialled between the EU and Pacific countries must be changed to reflect the development needs of the region.
Es el momento de revisar todos los TLC’s y Tratados de protección reciproca de inversiones. No es posible que se reconozca que el mercado no se autorregula y los gobiernos sigan aceptado la camisa de fuerza que significan estos tratados para intervenir y regular la economía en función de un proyecto nacional de desarrollo para vivir bien
Indian organizations representing NGOs, farmers groups, trade unions, health groups and peoples’ movements are calling for an immediate halt to negotiations between India and the European Union on a far reaching Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that will have an adverse impact on livelihoods, food security and access to healthcare.
No hay Cumbre que no se ocupe de la crisis economica mundial. APEC no fue distinta. Ciertamente, Bush, García y sus compinches buscaron maquillar el fracaso del neoliberalismo y su tesis de “todo el poder al mercado libre y desregulado” bajo el poder de las transnacionales
Las organizaciones indígenas y campesinas que conformamos la Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas CAOI: Bolivia (CSUTCB, Bartolina Sisa, CONAMAQ, CONALCAM); Perú (CONACAMI, CCP, CNA); Ecuador (ECURUNARI); Colombia (ONIC), nos mantendremos vigilantes de este proceso en defensa de la integración andina, la dignidad y la vida
More than 11,000 South Korean farmers rallied on Tuesday against a pending free-trade deal with the United States, saying the accord threatens their livelihoods.
KAIROS calls on the government of Canada to conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment before proceeding any further.
Harper says that workers’ protection has been written into the trade deal. But whether these stipulations will be enforced is another story.
Los movimientos sociales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil de Europa, América Latina y el mundo, expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación ante la decisión de la Comisión Europea -en representación de la Unión Europea y sus 27 Estados miembros, así como Colombia y Perú de negociar Acuerdos comerciales bilaterales entre ellos, provocando así una ruptura de facto de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones
Veinte representantes del “Grito de los Excluidos/as” de Perú, Bolivia, Chile y Brasil, reunidos en Lima, Perú, en el marco de las actividades que realizan las organizaciones y movimientos sociales populares frente al Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia Pacífico - APEC, declaran a la opinión pública lo siguiente
Le projet d’accord de libre-échange agricole avec l’UE était le fil rouge de l’Assemblée des délégués de l’Union suisse des paysans (USP) jeudi à Berne. Les paysans ont exprimé leur crainte, mais affichent leur confiance dans l’avenir.
L’UE encourage la désintégration de la Communauté Andine, dit la CAOI
The European Union is veering toward condoning colonialism. Worse, the African Union hardly notices. Meanwhile, the United Nations limps in pursuit of Morocco-occupied Western Sahara’s de-colonisation.
A national coalition of 14 fisher federations in the Philippines warned against mandatory "sectoral" talks in the World Trade Organization, saying that it would only benefit rich countries that wanted more market access for their products. On Friday, which was World Fishers Day, about 200 members of Kilusang Mangingisda also picketed the offices of the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Agriculture and Asian Development Bank to protest against policies promoting fisheries trade liberalization.
The Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations (CAOI) ratified rejection of a free trade agreement that governments of Colombia and Peru want to sign with the European Union. This reiteration is contained in a letter CAOI representative Miguel Palacin addressed to Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, referring to the latter’s threats to expel Bolivian social leaders allegedly in Peru to take part in protests against the agreement.
Sign-on declaration demanding the European Union and the Governments of Peru and Colombia not to desintegrate the Andean Community of Nations.
Several Swedish parliamentarians from one of the parties in the Swedish government, have motioned that the Swedish Government should work to prevent the EU from signing any new agreements or agreements of advanced status with Morocco "as long as the country occupies Western Sahara".
A demonstration in the Peruvian capital by left-wing political movements against US President Bush’s visit to the country turned into a protest Friday by hundreds of laid-off workers and trade unions in conflict with local and foreign companies.
The Andean Community is in crisis as a result of the attitude of the European Union and the governments of Colombia and Peru, who in a meeting of foreign ministers held in Europe proposed to negotiate the FTA bilaterally, breaking with the Guayaquil Agreement, which ratified block by block negotiation. This attitude undermines Andean integration.
Las organizaciones reafirman su rechazo a este foro y a la presencia en Perú de aquellos "visitantes". Asimismo, expresan su apuesta por alternativas económicas y sociales justas que promuevan la igualdad y el desarrollo de las mayorías.