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Civil society campaign kick-off to scrutinize the Thailand-EU FTA negotiation
28-Feb-2013 FTA Watch
Civil society groups based in Thailand kick off their campaign to monitor the EU-Thailand FTA negotiations
Women rally against EU-India Free Trade Agreement
26-Feb-2013 e-Pao.net
A public rally-cum-public meeting against the European Union-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was organized at Namoi Khun yesterday wherein hundreds of people took part.
Labor unions reject Colombia-South Korea FTA
21-Feb-2013 Prensa Latina
The signing tomorrow of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and South Korea raised in Bogotá the rejection of the unions, which see it as an attack on the industry and the productive and agriculture sector.
CETA Investor-State Dispute Settlement process “anti-democratic, unnecessary and unfair,” says NFU
16-Feb-2013 National Farmers Union
The National Farmers Union is among the labour, environmental, Indigenous, women’s, academic, health sector and fair trade organizations representing over 65 million people from both sides of the Atlantic that have signed a joint statement demanding that Canada and the EU stop negotiating an excessive and controversial investor rights chapter in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Alert! EU-US Transatlantic FTA - Call for mobilisation in Europe and the United States
16-Feb-2013 S2B
EU-US Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement:. Join us to stop this "free trade" agenda.
At your service: the European Services Forum’s privileged access to the EU Commission over EU trade policy
16-Feb-2013 CEO
A recent documentary on lobbying in the EU highlights the historically intimate links between the EU Commission and European services companies. New research reveals that they are as close as ever, working hand in glove to liberalise and deregulate services markets – from Canada to the ASEAN region, from the US to India.
Why can corporate interests trump sovereign rights?
14-Feb-2013 TRNN
Real News Network interviews Chakravarthi Raghavan on how companies can sue countries under trade and investment agreements
EU’s ambitious trade and investment agenda: At what cost to the Philippines?
12-Feb-2013
A statement of concern from the EU-ASEAN FTA Network-Philippines
10 years of building people’s power in Latin America
12-Feb-2013 Anarkismo.net
A South African anarchist reports on the 10th annual Latin American Encounter of Popular Autonomous Organisations (ELAOPA)
Women and Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
11-Feb-2013 AFTINET
The Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINET) presents a special seminar to mark the lead-up to International Women’s Day and the 16th Round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations being held in Singapore, on March 5, at 12.15 pm in the Waratah Room at NSW Parliament.
Profiting from injustice: challenging the investment arbitration industry
11-Feb-2013 Open Democracy
Corporations have been granted the exclusive right to sue states (states cannot sue corporations) at secretive international tribunals for action deemed to unfairly affect investors’ profits
Wisconsin group asks Obama to nix Pacific free trade agreement
8-Feb-2013 WPR
A Wisconsin advocacy group says the state has lost thousands of jobs due to free trade agreements and is now pressuring President Obama to oppose a new agreement that would take down trade barriers between the United States and countries around the Pacific Rim.
Excessive corporate rights in Canada-EU trade deal are unacceptable to broad section of European, Canadian and Quebec society
6-Feb-2013 Market Wire
Labour, environmental, Indigenous, women’s, academic, health sector and fair trade organizations from Europe, Canada and Quebec representing more than 65 million people are demanding that Canada and the EU stop negotiating an excessive and controversial investor rights chapter in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Importations controversées - La CP attaque l’accord libre-échange UE/Maroc en portant en justice Idyl
21-Jan-2013 Terre-net Média
Le Sahara occidental n’est pas le Maroc. Aussi, l’accord de libre-échange entre le Maroc et l’Union européenne n’a pas à être étendu au Sahara occidental même si le royaume du Maroc s’arroge un droit de souveraineté. C’est la faille de cet accord, mis en œuvre depuis le 1er novembre 2012, qu’exploite la Confédération paysanne pour le dénoncer une nouvelle fois.
Commission defends privileged access for big business in court
16-Jan-2013 CEO
In an oral hearing at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg on Friday, 11 January 2013, the EU Commission defended its practice of sharing sensitive information with big business lobby groups while withholding the same information from the general public.
FTA between India and EU : Meet insists on informed consent
14-Jan-2013 Sangal Express
A public discussion on the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union held today at Waiton Community hall in Manipur insisted that the matter should be deliberated thoroughly at the Parliament and State Assemblies and prior informed consent of the public should be obtained before signing the agreement.
First Nations seek to hold up ratification of Canada-China foreign investment treaty
11-Jan-2013 Toronto Star
First Nations groups have added their voices to opposition to Canada’s planned foreign investment agreement with China, notifying the Harper government they are going to court in an attempt to hold up ratification of the controversial treaty.
European Commission taken to court over India-EU trade pact
10-Jan-2013 The Hindu
The European Commission is set to appear before an EU Court on Friday, over access to information regarding negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement.
’TPP’ keyword in cyber-attack? / Culprit appears to have searched for term-specific information
7-Jan-2013 Daily Yomiuri
A cyber-attacker suspected of stealing more than 3,000 documents from Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry looked for specific information through a keyword search, according to government sources.
Farmers against Indo-EU FTA
3-Jan-2013 Hueiyen News Service
Objecting to Indo-EU Free Trade Agreement which has been signed between Government of India and European Union in 2009, farmers in Manipur have decided to prevent implementation of the agreement and sent a memorandum to Central Government in this regard after a consultative meeting on Monday.