Terry Boehm, president of Canada’s National Farmers Union, says this agreement is not about trade, it’s about a fundamental restructuring of the role of governments and their ability to act in the public’s interest.
Agricultural and medical groups in Japan have held rallies to oppose the country’s participation in the talks for a free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region.
US labor union United Steelworkers sent Hillary Clinton an "emergency alert" Friday warning Secretary of State that Colombian unionists are under an "elevated threat" after Washington approved a free trade deal between the two countries.
La Autoridad Nacional Indígena de Colombia ONIC, se pronuncia frente a la aprobación del TLC entre Colombia con los EE.UU.
Despite the secrecy, there are some intrepid souls who are mounting opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Interview with one of them, Jane Kelsey, a professor of law at the University of Auckland and long-term academic activist in the area of free trade and investment agreements.
"In light of threats from FTAs and TPP, we call on our governments to completely reject the attempts to conclude the upcoming agreements and to stop the implentation of the previous FTAs."
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The platform calls ex-officio border measures “inappropriate,” rejects a “one size fits all” regime for patent validity, and warns against using the suggested retail price or rightholder-submitted measurements of value in the determination of damages for IP infringement.
Une vingtaine d’organisations canadiennes et européennes de la société civile ont transporté lundi un cheval de Troie de cinq mètres aux portes du parlement canadien à Ottawa afin de protester contre le projet d’accord de libre-échange Canada-Union européenne.
Organizers held a teach-in at Occupy Wall Street on Monday about "free trade agreements" with Colombia, Panama and South Korea now pending in Congress that will expand the market for national corporations and financial corporations from the United States.
Protesters on Tuesday interrupted a U.S. Senate Finance Committee vote on free-trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, forcing the committee to briefly delay the committee meeting.
Unos 600.000 trabajadores del sector público y estudiantes universitarios en Colombia salieron a las calles el viernes como parte de una huelga de 24 horas para protestar contra un acuerdo de libre comercio con Estados Unidos que está cerca de su aprobación definitiva en Washington.
The US Republican-dominated Congress appears likely to approve the agreement, which makes it more vital than ever to press MEPs not to ratify the EU-Colombia FTA.
El deterioro de las condiciones laborales, la privatización de activos públicos y de la educación y los abusos de los inversionistas extranjeros son justamente el tipo de políticas que serán profundizadas con estos TLC por lo tanto debemos levantar una fuerte voz de rechazo.
Se congregaron frente al Capitolio para rechazar los tratados de libre comercio con Colombia, Panamá y Corea del Sur. Informe de la corresponsal de Noticias Caracol en Washington.
Actos y movilizaciones populares en Europa. Piden sea declarado mixto y que haya debate en los parlamentos nacionales.
Communications Workers of America calls on Congress to reject the US-Colombia FTA
The Korea Federation of Retail Organizations plans to hold a nationwide rally at the end of this month to call for protection measures related to the free trade pacts with the European Union and the United States.
Le Québec a tout intérêt à demander au Canada de retirer les marchés publics de l’AÉCG, entre autres les services publics municipaux des eaux et d’électricité.
"We strongly oppose the proposed trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. They will not help put Americans back to work, only further hasten the decline of our middle class," declares Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO
Se suman organizaciones no gubernamentales, Asociaciones, Plataformas, Partidos y Sindicatos Europeos contra el sangriento despojo de riquezas naturales Latinoamericanas por parte de Multinacionales.