18-Sep-2019
Free Malaysia Today
A coalition of 61 NGOs has asked the government the reason for racing against the clock in concluding the world’s largest trade pact — the RCEP — with details “shrouded in secrecy”.
17-Sep-2019
The Conversation
Malaysia’s trade minister Datuk Darell Leiking revealed that Malaysia and each of the other 15 parties to the RCEP negotiations had agreed to exclude ISDS provisions from the deal.
16-Sep-2019
Tribune India
Farmers say pact to join regional economic partnership will unsettle domestic farming.
1-Aug-2019
Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements
The RCEP will destroy farm livelihoods especially in the domestic dairy sector.
11-Jul-2019
Irish Examiner
The Irish Government has been accused of throwing farmers under the bus with the Mercosur trade deal.
3-Jul-2019
Make Medicines Affordable
Intellectual property barriers, which would hinder access to affordable medicines, have supposedly been removed from the draft RCEP free-trade agreement (FTA).