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Farmers rally in New Delhi against US trade concessions
10-Mar-2026 Sri Lanka Guardian
Hundreds of farmers and industrial workers gathered in India’s capital to protest what they described as government concessions to the United States in ongoing trade discussions.
Indonesia-United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade: a serious threat to national sovereignty and national interest - Indonesia for Global Justice
6-Mar-2026 Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) firmly condemns and strongly opposes the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States, which threatens national sovereignty, narrows Indonesia’s policy space for national development, and places Indonesia in a position equivalent to being a subordinate to U.S. interests.
Global call to mobilise against the WTO and free trade agreements
5-Mar-2026 La Via Campesina
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade.
Farmers mobilize nationwide against India-US trade pact
25-Feb-2026 Devdiscourse
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced a nationwide protest on Tuesday against the proposed India-US trade agreement and various policies.
The Indonesia-US Trade Agreement on Reciprocal Tariffs threatens Indonesia’s food and national sovereignty
24-Feb-2026 Serikat Petani Indonesia
Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) believes that the Indonesia-US ART has the potential to narrow the scope of national policy in protecting the agricultural and food sectors, has direct and fundamental implications for the direction of national agricultural policy, food sovereignty, and the livelihoods of small farmers, even threatening the sovereignty of the Indonesian state.
Susan George – acclaimed political scientist and TNI’s honorary president – has passed away at the age of 91
19-Feb-2026 TNI
No one has done more to shape, energise, and inspire TNI over the decades – she has been our inspiration, our honorary leader, our intellectual soul, and our beloved friend. We will never see her like again.
Bharatiya Kisan Union opposes deal with US, to burn effigies of Modi, Trump
12-Feb-2026 The Hindu
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says Centre had lost the trust of farmers and the trade agreements with U.S. and European Union will have far-reaching adverse impacts on farmers.
Tractors hit Madrid to protest EU’s trade deal with South America
12-Feb-2026 KDH
Hundreds of honking tractors rolled into Madrid as Spanish farmers staged a protest against the European Union’s trade deal with four South American countries.
APIB’s political statement on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and its impact on the rights of indigenous peoples
11-Feb-2026 APIB
The Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), the organization that represents nationally and internationally more than 300 indigenous peoples from all regions of Brazil, reaffirms its opposition to the signing and ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
Food is not a commodity: Mobilization in Bizkaia against EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
5-Feb-2026 La Via Campesina
A caravan of peasant farmers and ranchers with their tractors left from different parts of the province of Bizkaia in Bilbao (Spain) to Bilbao to express their rejection of the free trade policies being promoted by the European Union.
120+ groups call on EU to resist Trump’s ‘fossil-fueled imperialism’ and cancel US trade deal
30-Jan-2026 Common Dreams
“The EU is at a fork in the road: It can follow the US down a volatile, destructive path or it can forge its own course toward stability.”
Open Letter: Comment on the SIA for the proposed EU-Thailand FTA by FTA Watch
26-Jan-2026 FTA Watch
Thai civil society organizations submitted an open letter on 23 January 2026, provides critical feedback on the Draft Inception Report of the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the proposed EU–Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The letter highlights key concerns regarding the adequacy and balance of the SIA’s current scope and methodology.
Hungarian farmers join protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal
23-Jan-2026 Budapest Business Journal
Farmers representing the Nat’l Agriculture Chamber and professional association Magosz joined a protest against the EU’s free trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
Global civil society statement on Trump’s trade threats
21-Jan-2026 European Trade Justice Coalition
Trump is using tariffs and trade threats to bully other countries in order to maintain US global power. Even though existing trade rules were shaped by US corporations, recently this hasn’t been enough to guarantee US dominance, so Trump is turning to brute force.
EU-Mercosur mobilisations continue as farmers ask MEPs to uphold democracy and vote to seek CJEU opinion on the legality of the agreement
20-Jan-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
As farmers continue to mobilise against the EU-Mercosur FTA across Europe this week, ECVC and its members are calling on MEPs to take a stand for democracy, legality, and the rule of law in the European Union.
Left MEPs launch citizens’ initiative to suspend EU-Israel agreement
15-Jan-2026 Malta Today
Initiative insists Israel’s actions in Gaza breach international law and calls for end to trade deal.
European farmers protest EU-Mercosur trade deal
12-Jan-2026 Taipei Times
Many European farmers fear their livelihoods would be undercut by a flow of cheaper goods from Latin American countries if the deal passes
Angry French farmers defy ban and block Paris streets over Mercosur deal
8-Jan-2026 RFI
French farmers defied a government ban, blockading roads into Paris and several of the city’s landmarks to protest against the Mercosur trade deal the European Union is expected to sign on Friday with South American nations.
The EU–Morocco agreement is illegal and unjust
5-Jan-2026 bilaterals.org
The EU-Morocco agreement favours powerful lobbies and actors, marginalises European farmers and the Sahrawi people, and fails to comply with international law.
Polish farmers stage nationwide protests over EU–Mercosur trade agreement
5-Jan-2026 Euronews
Farmers across Poland held coordinated protests to voice concerns about the planned EU–Mercosur trade deal and its potential impact on domestic agriculture.