8-Dec-2021
Manila Bulletin
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal.
7-Dec-2021
Thai PBS World
Thailand’s anti-CPTPP civil society organizations issued an open letter, addressed to Prime Minister, urging the government immediately to cease plans to join the 11-member CPTPP trade bloc.
2-Dec-2021
La Vía Campesina
We need a multilateral trade system where people and their social movements are at equal footing with governments in defining the trade rules between countries.
1-Dec-2021
National Observer
An environmental group is pleading with the Canadian government to reject a controversial trade deal it says would further fuel deforestation in the Amazon in a new letter addressed to Canada’s minister of foreign affairs.
23-Nov-2021
Chile Better without FTA Platform
We call on social organisations to be attentive to what happens with the modernisation of the Association Agreement between Chile and the European Union.
16-Nov-2021
Business World Online
Farmers, nongovernment organizations, and some members of the private sector said they oppose the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement.
4-Nov-2021
Transnational Institute
In recent years, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have started to include rules for the digital economy as a result of pressure from Big Tech. This summary analyses the most important points being negotiated by Indonesia with the European Union and RCEP.
27-Oct-2021
African Manager
The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) is organising a workshop on “the prospects and challenges of trade union action under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Opportunities and risks.»
20-Sep-2021
Water Savvy Solutions
Special podcast about the implications of free trade for African women, especially from a food sovereignty perspective.
20-Sep-2021
Socialist Project
Transnational companies today rely more than ever on IPR to structure their global value chains, writes Peter Rossman
6-Sep-2021
Indonesia for Global Justice
In the process of developing negotiations, there are new policies issued by the two countries, such as the Job Creation Law (Omnibus Law) which was passed by Indonesia in 2020, and the EU New Trade Policy which was issued in February 2021, and these policies seem to have an impact on the IEU CEPA discussion.