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Hundreds take interfaith service to the streets on eve of APEC trade conference
8-Nov-2011 FACE
More than 30 clergy from a dozen denominations led hundreds of followers out of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Waikiki on Monday night and into the streets of Waikiki as a challenge to APEC, the international trade talks kicking off tomorrow in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Occupy Honolulu’s position on APEC
8-Nov-2011 Hawaii Reporter
The Occupy Honolulu General Assembly formally asserts its opposition to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings to be held in Honolulu from November 7 – 13, 2011.
Korea: Prosecution vows stern actions against FTA protesters
8-Nov-2011 Yonhap
Korean prosecutors said Monday they will resort to arrests and physical detention in dealing with protesters against the country’s long-stalled free trade agreement with the US.
Corporations occupy fair trade
7-Nov-2011 Bulletin
Corporations move in to further occupy the fair trade network
New Zealand trades away our sovereignty in secret negotiations
4-Nov-2011
At the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Hawaii on November 12 & 13, Bill English will signal the Government’s readiness to trade away yet more of this country’s powers of self-government, the New Zealand Is Not For Sale Campaign warned today.
S Koreans protest against trade deal with US
3-Nov-2011 Al Jazeera
South Korean authorities have detained at least 15 people after police clashed with protesters demonstrating against the country’s free-trade agreement with the US.
Free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada: CORPORATIONS MUST NOT MAKE THE LAW
31-Oct-2011
We, the undersigned unions and civil society organizations, ask our political leaders to stopimmediately the current negotiations for a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. This agreement, called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), would encourage the privatization of the public sector, weaken and prevent social, health and environmental regulations, and protect even more investors’ rights at the expense of democratic rights.
11 million signatures gathered in Japan against free trade pact
27-Oct-2011 DPA
Japanese farmers groups submitted 11.67 million signatures to the government Monday on a petition opposing Japan’s participation in trade liberalization talks with other Pacific Rim countries.
Japanese farmers protest against possible trade pact
26-Oct-2011 Reuters
Thousands of Japanese farmers marched through central Tokyo on Wednesday to push the government not to join a regional free trade pact that will likely hit the nation’s small farmers.
Canada-EU trade agreement a threat to family farms
26-Oct-2011 Redeye
Terry Boehm, president of Canada’s National Farmers Union, says this agreement is not about trade, it’s about a fundamental restructuring of the role of governments and their ability to act in the public’s interest.
Anti-TPP rallies around Japan
26-Oct-2011 NHK
Agricultural and medical groups in Japan have held rallies to oppose the country’s participation in the talks for a free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region.
US union tells Clinton Colombian colleagues face ’elevated threat’
24-Oct-2011 Colombia Reports
US labor union United Steelworkers sent Hillary Clinton an "emergency alert" Friday warning Secretary of State that Colombian unionists are under an "elevated threat" after Washington approved a free trade deal between the two countries.
TPPA ’threatens national sovereignty’
21-Oct-2011 IT Wire
Despite the secrecy, there are some intrepid souls who are mounting opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Interview with one of them, Jane Kelsey, a professor of law at the University of Auckland and long-term academic activist in the area of free trade and investment agreements.
Free trade agreements kill people!
20-Oct-2011 Via Campesina
"In light of threats from FTAs and TPP, we call on our governments to completely reject the attempts to conclude the upcoming agreements and to stop the implentation of the previous FTAs."
Civil society platform on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership
20-Oct-2011 Infojustice
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The platform calls ex-officio border measures “inappropriate,” rejects a “one size fits all” regime for patent validity, and warns against using the suggested retail price or rightholder-submitted measurements of value in the determination of damages for IP infringement.
Colombian, Korean and Panamanian activists condemn White House support for new "free trade" deals
13-Oct-2011 Democracy Now!
Organizers held a teach-in at Occupy Wall Street on Monday about "free trade agreements" with Colombia, Panama and South Korea now pending in Congress that will expand the market for national corporations and financial corporations from the United States.
Senate Committee trade vote interrupted by protests
12-Oct-2011 WSJ
Protesters on Tuesday interrupted a U.S. Senate Finance Committee vote on free-trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, forcing the committee to briefly delay the committee meeting.
An agreement to be resisted
10-Oct-2011 Morning Star
The US Republican-dominated Congress appears likely to approve the agreement, which makes it more vital than ever to press MEPs not to ratify the EU-Colombia FTA.
CWA: Colombia free trade agreement is a flawed plan, will not improve workers’ lives in Colombia
4-Oct-2011 CWA Union
Communications Workers of America calls on Congress to reject the US-Colombia FTA
Retailers to hold nationwide rally against FTA
4-Oct-2011 Korea Herald
The Korea Federation of Retail Organizations plans to hold a nationwide rally at the end of this month to call for protection measures related to the free trade pacts with the European Union and the United States.