“Free trade, dirty war, impunity and peoples rights” is the title of the new national chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) that aims to expose “structural violence” in Mexico as a result of the implementation of free trade agreements.
Con multitudinarias marchas en las principales ciudades del país, los trabajadores conmemoraron ayer el Día Internacional de la Clase Obrera, para reivindicar sus derechos y garantías laborales y exigir solución a las diferentes problemáticas sociales de la población colombiana.
Opositores a la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio con Corea, protestaron pacíficamente, en el sector turístico de Bocagrande, sitió en donde se adelanta la sexta ronda de conversaciones en Cartagena.
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Late last month, the umbrella coalition of US unions, the AFL-CIO, linked up with major workers groups from Honduras to file a petition with the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. The petition censured the government of the Central American country over its failure to enforce provisions of the labour chapter of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States.
A pesar de su derrota en la propuesta del ALCA, el gobierno estadounidense, para sortear la aguda crisis económica que afronta desde 2007,se empeña en promover los tratados de libre comercio y el conjunto de la agenda neoliberal que son un obstáculo para la integración regional y han sumido en el atraso y la miseria a la mayoría de los países del Continente.
The claim that all economists agree that "the benefits of free trade and NAFTA far outweigh the costs" is highly misleading, writes Dean Baker.
The United Steelworkers, the AFL-CIO and the Colombia labor movement firmly believes the US pronouncement that Colombia has complied with the Labor Action Plan — a move which will allow for implementation of the Free Trade Agreement starting next month — is premature as unionists continue to be killed in Colombia at a rate of 30 slain in 2011, and six already this year.
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which the US is negotiating with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam are continuing this week (April 9-13) in Santiago, Chile in the form of an “intersessional meeting” on intellectual property – focusing on internet policy.
Talk of a major international protest at the Dallas negotiations on May 8-18th for the Trans-Pacific Partnership dominated the discussion at the Occupy Dallas Six-Month Anniversary Celebration at Pioneer Park downtown on Apr. 7th.
Rebuilding a strong, vibrant and innovative manufacturing sector in Canada by signing more free trade agreements is like saying our society can be healthier if only we ate more chocolate. It’s backwards logic.
Le Réseau québécois sur l’intégration continentale (RQIC) rend publiques deux annexes constituant les offres révisées qu’a faites en février 2012 l’Union européenne dans le cadre des négociations de l’Accord économique et commercial global (AÉCG) entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (UE).
US dairy farmers fear they will go bankrupt as cheap foreign powder imports like milk protein concentrate flood the domestic market under the TPP.
Alors que le gouvernement Harper presse le pas pour conclure les négociations commerciales avec l’Union européenne, les municipalités canadiennes sont de plus en plus préoccupées par les dangers de cette nouvelle entente.
A “free trade agreement” being negotiated by Australia, the United States and other countries could have profound impacts on crucial public policy issues including food security, natural resource management, access to essential medicines, public assets and more.
The 11th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) talks concluded in Melbourne Friday, with member states suggesting the negotiations had made significant progress but civil society groups reiterating concerns that the United States’ corporate demands could undermine social, economic and environmental policies.
"We do know that global corporations are pushing hard for the inclusion of provisions that benefit companies, but not necessarily workers and communities," Gerardine Kearney, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), told IPS.
La plataforma Justicia por Colombia, que agrupa a varias ONG, expuso ante el Parlamento Europeo su rechazo al Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) de la Unión Europea (UE) con Colombia y Perú, por cuanto estiman que creará más pobreza y desigualdades en estos países latinoamericanos.
The 11th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP begins in Melbourne, on Thursday. Civil society groups are warning against allowing corporate influence, to drive the talks with outcomes that may disadvantage the poor and vulnerable in those nations. Interview with Patricia Ranald of AFTINET.