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Statement of the Advocacy Team for Economic Justice in the Post-Court Verdict concerning the International Treaty Law
17-Jan-2019 Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesian Constitutional Court issued stated that parliament’s approval is needed for the signing of International Agreement which stipulated in the Constitution on the verdict.
An historic opportunity to transform trade when we stop NAFTA II
10-Jan-2019 Nation of Change
We can stop NAFTA II and replace corporate trade with a new model that raises working conditions and protects the environment.
Civil society letter on EFTA-Indonesia comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)
19-Dec-2018 Handelskampanjen
CSOs stress that the EFTA-Indonesia trade deal must not include any obligation that requires Indonesia to join or implement the UPOV 1991
Today we work to build something else than free trade, says Javier Echaide of Attac Argentina
18-Dec-2018 bilaterals.org
Interview with Javier Echaide, lawyer and member of Attac Argentina
JEFTA: a danger for the future
11-Dec-2018 CGT
The CGT, the French Trade Union Confederation and ZENROREN the Japanese Trade Union are calling on MEPs not to ratify JEFTA and to demand transparent negotiations in which workers’ unions have their say.
Thousands protest in Argentina during G20 Summit
1-Dec-2018 NBC
Members of 70 different groups joined forces to call attention to a range of concerns, from workers’ rights to climate change.
Anti-G20 protesters prepare to march on Buenos Aires
30-Nov-2018 Buenos Aires Times
Thousands of anti-capitalist activists will take to the streets of Buenos Aires today as part of a week-long set of demonstrations against the G20 Leaders Summit.
Statement of opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the 4th global people’s health assembly, Savar Bangladesh, 15-19 November
19-Nov-2018
We condemn the secretly negotiated Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which will erode people’s sovereignty and undermine health equity.
Indonesia-EFTA CEPA TRIPS-plus, threat for access to medicines and the right to health of millions of people in Indonesia
8-Nov-2018 IGJ
In many countries, the implementation of the TRIPS-plus measures has significantly increased the cost of medicines.
More than 300 civil society organizations from 73 countries urge fundamental reform at UNCITRAL’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement discussions
30-Oct-2018
More than 300 civil society groups and trade unions urged governments participating in United Nations meetings in Vienna to completely overhaul the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.
Trade strategy hui attracts 17,000 online viewers
27-Oct-2018 Scoop
The hui on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like at Auckland University’s Fale Pasifika attracted a remarkable 16,831 pageviews over the two days of live-streaming.
The Trans-Pacific Powergrab: Why joining the TPP would be bad for people and planet – and the UK
25-Oct-2018 War on Want et al
New briefing from War on Want, Global Justice Now and Trade Justice Movement UK
Liberals should consistently fight trade deals that let corporations sue Canada
21-Oct-2018 Huffington Post
Investor-state dispute settlement was tempered in the USMCA, but the government needs to justify why it persists asking for it in other agreements.
Challenging the far right’s nationalist opposition to free trade deals
20-Oct-2018 Rabble.ca
Extreme right-wing, anti-immigration and Islamophobic parties tend to oppose so-called "free trade" agreements.
BIT Indonesia-Singapore: "Indonesia Sovereignty is Threatened by the Foreign Investor Lawsuit"
19-Oct-2018 IGJ
Indonesian Civil Society, urge the Government not to ratify the recently signed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with Singapore said it will threatens the state’s sovereignty. Besides signing the BIT, Indonesia-Singapore also signed MoU on Investment Cooperation for sectors such as Industry 4.0, tourism, financial technology, and education.
AMWU Statement on the Trans Pacific Partnership
18-Oct-2018 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
As part of the Change the Rules campaign, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and the broader union movement have raised significant concerns with Labor and the Government about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Lessons for the Left from NAFTA Mark-II
9-Oct-2018 Daily Blog
The choice is not between the unilateralism of a populist autocrat, captive of the world’s most powerful corporations, on one hand, and the failed neoliberal model, polished in the TPPA on the other. A few clip-on statements on gender and small and medium enterprises is not a progressive alternative.
’New NAFTA’ falls flat for farmers, food advocates
3-Oct-2018 IATP
The reworked agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada neglects the demands of farm groups.
What an alternative & progressive trade strategy should look like
2-Oct-2018 It’s Our Future
19 – 20 October 2018. Fale Pasifika, University Of Auckland.
Indian farmers reject RCEP trade agreement, plan major national level agitations
19-Sep-2018 La Via Campesina South Asia
Two major farmers protests are planned in New Delhi on 2 October and 30 November and RCEP will be high on the agenda.