A regional SACU civil society conference has recommended that there is a need for a broader regional agenda anchored on the strength of small economies in the region.
The Southern African People’s Network summit ended with a call from more than 350 grassroots representatives for regional governments to reject the imposition of the Economic Partnership Agreements.
Various organizations and social networks in Latin America launched a Continental Campaign against bilateral investment treaties and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Varias organizaciones y redes sociales de América Latina lanzaron una Campaña Continental contra los TBI y el Ciadi.
While SADC heads of state and government meet in Windhoek this week, civil society organisations from the region are also holding a two-day meeting in Windhoek called ’The SADC People’s Summit’.
From this recent history of Obama’s words and deeds with regards to “free trade” we should expect an offensive, similar in scope and scale to the US military escalation under way around the world, to obtain passage of the Colombia FTA, starting probably right after the November mid-term elections.
On India’s Independence Day on 15th August 2010, recalling the fight against colonial powers that came in through the trade route, a people’s call for ’Freedom from FTAs’ has been given out through the Forum Against FTAs in India
Se desarrolló un taller con el objetivo de avanzar en las estrategias de la Campaña Continental contra los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión (TIBs) y los Tribunales de Arbitraje (CIADI).
Public Citizen now have exclusive Google maps of the locations of corporations that would gain new rights to challenge public interest laws under the US-Korea FTA.
Today, on 9th August, taking a leaf from the ‘Quit India’ movement for independence of India, retailers and hawkers observed ‘Day of Retail Democracy’ by organizing sit-in protest across India against move to allow foreign direct investment in multibrand retail and negotiations for free trade agreements (FTA).
Civil society groups from the Pacific including churches, trade unions, gender groups, indigenous rights groups and advocacy groups launched a statement calling for a moratorium on negotiations for a new Pacific-wide free trade agreement known as PACER-Plus.
Thirty Australian unions and community groups have asked the Trade Minister to safeguard the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australian local content in media, regulation of GE food, regulation of foreign investment and industry policies that support local employment in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
Una central sindical nueva, que responde al nombre de Consejo Global Unions Americas quedó conformada por organizaciones de trabajadores de Canadá, Estados Unidos y América Latina.
It appears that the EU has dropped its demands for patent
extensions and may have made data exclusivity subject to compulsory licensing in the EU-India FTA.
Le stand de la Commission européenne à la Conférence internationale sur le sida à Vienne a été "saisi" symboliquement mercredi par des militants pour protester contre des saisies dans l’UE de médicaments génériques destinés à des pays en développement.
Des voix s’élèvent contre l’accord de libre-échange projeté entre le Canada et l’Union européenne. Une délégation du Conseil des Canadiens se rendra même à Bruxelles la semaine prochaine pour faire part de ses préoccupations à des politiciens européens.
We remain deeply concerned about and strongly opposed to the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement as negotiated by the Bush Administration. The agreement would exacerbate our already lopsided trade relationship with South Korea, putting at risk thousands of good U.S. jobs in the auto, steel, and other industrial sectors.
International Forum on Globalisation protest at TPP negotiations in San Francisco
A second round of negotiations towards the Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) is taking place this week in San Francisco. New Zealand is one of eight parties along with the US, Australia, Singapore, Chile, Peru, Brunei and Vietnam, and others may join.
We call on civil society organisations to pressure their governments to end free trade agreements (FTAs) with Israel, and implement an immediate arms embargo against it, as was called for previously by Amnesty International after Cast Lead