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Trade-talk protesters push limit, then back off | 21-November-2013

Will Munger, of Utah Tar Sands Resistance, said his group wasn’t trying to get arrested. Instead they were raising their voices against what they fear will be a trade pact that encourages the export of methane gas from the United States to other nations.


Wikileaks publie le chapitre portant sur la propriété intellectuelle de l’accord secret de Partenariat Trans-Pacifique | 16-November-2013

Le 13 novembre 2013, WikiLeaks a publié le projet de texte secret négocié pour l’ensemble du chapitre du TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership ) portant sur la propriété intellectuelle.


The people can defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership | 15-November-2013

Momentum is growing in the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the United States.


WikiLeaks publishes secret draft chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership | 14-November-2013

WikiLeaks has released the draft text of a chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a multilateral free-trade treaty currently being negotiated in secret by 12 Pacific Rim nations.


Juventudes indígenas contra TLC y megaminería en Cumbre colombiana | 13-November-2013

El actual modelo económico imperante, la megaminería y los Tratados de Libre Comercio centran los debates de miles de indígenas participantes el III Encuentro de Jóvenes del Abya Yala, con sede en el Cauca colombiano.


La démocratie otage du libre échange | 2-November-2013

Les premières victimes de l’accord de libre échange entre l’Union européenne et le Canada, présenté par Barroso et Harper le 18 octobre à Bruxelles, sont les paysans européens et canadiens et les consommateurs, selon José Bové


Déclaration de la société civile de l’Afrique de l’Ouest sur l’Accord de Partenariat économique et le Tarif extérieur Commun | 25-October-2013

"Contrairement aux promesses de l’Union européenne faisant de l’APE un instrument pour renforcer l’intégration régionale en Afrique, c’est bien le contraire qui s’est produit," dénoncent les organisations de la société civile réunies à Dakar


Call to end the WTO and stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements | 23-October-2013

More than 90 organizations and social movements are part of the Call to End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements. Join us in the EndWTO Bali Week of Action! Sign the call and register.


FTA Watch condemns bid to amend Article 190 | 18-October-2013

Thai advocacy group FTA Watch yesterday issued a statement condemning attempts to end legislative scrutiny of negotiations concerning international trade agreements.


EPA is no more | 17-October-2013

In a surprise move this week, the European Union has moved to suspend negotiations for a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the islands of the Pacific, ISLANDS BUSINESS has been told.


Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty | 17-October-2013

Responding to reports today that Canada and the European Union have concluded negotiations on a massive new corporate rights treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Council of Canadians is demanding that parliament and the public be given an opportunity to review and make changes to the deal, or even to reject it outright, before it can be signed.


After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States | 14-October-2013

The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC.


At summit, Kerry’s visit draws 100 anti-TPPA protestors | 11-October-2013

About 100 people railed in Kuala Lumpur against the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as US Secretary of State John Kerry rubbed shoulders with Malaysian government officials at an entrepreneurial summit in the capital city.


Calm before the storm? Secretive TTIP talks on hold | 10-October-2013

Thanks to the unexpected government shutdown in the US, this week’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks have been postponed. Nevertheless, the EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht said that this “in no way distracts from our overall aim of acheiving an ambitious trade and investment deal”, though the duration of the US government shutdown remains unclear.


APRN calls on governments to drop destructive free trade deal | 10-October-2013

The Asia Pacific Research Network calls on participating governments to drop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement altogether after they failed to sign an agreement at the sidelines of the APEC talks in Bali, Indonesia.


Thailand: Assembly of the Poor demanding Thai-EU FTA Talk must not restrain freedom of seed | 8-October-2013

Over 100 farmers from Assembly of the Poor gathered in front of Thai Government House in Bangkok late September in a campaign action to scrutinize the implications for farmers’ seeds of the second round of Thai-EU FTA negotiations going on in Chiangmai


Protest against APEC by Gerak Lawan in Indonesia | 8-October-2013

The Indonesian civil society movement coalition, Gerak Lawan, held a protest on 7 October 2013 in front of the Ministry of Finance as a symbol of the struggle against the liberalization agenda in Indonesia.


EU-US trade deal will lead to a race to the bottom where only big business wins, warns new report | 4-October-2013

As the second round of negotiations on the proposed EU-US trade agreement kick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by the Seattle to Brussels Network today reveals the true human and environmental costs of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.


FSS : Déclaration de Thiès | 2-October-2013

Les négociations entre l’UE et les pays ACP pour des Accords de Partenariat. Economique, au lieu de contribuer au développement durable des pays ACP, vont saper les bases d’une véritable intégration économique de l’Afrique et aller au-delà de ce que requiert l’OMC, déclare le Forum Social Sénégalais


Colombia anti-free trade strike brings gains for left | 27-September-2013

The struggle has made several gains for farmers and the left, writes Steven Mather from Putamayo.