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Interview with Yvonne Takang
16-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Yvonne Takang has been campaigning and lobbying against Economic Partnership Agreements in Cameroon at the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collectifs
Interview with Elizabeth Swager and Julia DeGraw
2-May-2017 bilaterals.org
Elizabeth Swager is a National Organizing Director at Citizens Trade Campaign and Julia DeGraw is the Senior Northwest Organizer at Food & Water Watch.
Interview with Guy Marius Sagna
11-Feb-2017 bilaterals.org
The Coordinator of the National Coalition "No to EPAs" in Senegal discusses two free trade projects in Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements and the Continental Free Trade Area.
Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
31-Jan-2017 The Guardian
Consumers could be exposed to American farming practices banned by the EU.
Unifor president: NAFTA, other free trade deals need renegotiating
31-Jan-2017 RCI
NAFTA and other free trade deals including CETA have been badly negotiated by Canada, and have hurt the economy.
Trump won’t dump investor rights – and here’s why
19-Jan-2017 The Globe And Mail
What does Mr. Trump think about the constitution-like rights for the protection of foreign investors that are enforced via the system of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)?
PACER Plus to go ahead with or without PNG
9-Aug-2016 Radio NZ
Papua New Guinea has made it clear it will not be taking part in the final negotiations for the Australia and New Zealand led "Trade and Development Agreement" saying it would instead be seeking to establish bilateral trade agreements of its own.
Alphachat podcast: Joe Stiglitz on minimum wage, monetary policy, TPP and more
26-Aug-2015 FT Alphaville
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses TPP.
New Zealand: nationwide actions protest controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership
19-Aug-2015 FSRN
Thousands of protesters across New Zealand are ringing the alarm on the TPP, saying it is far from a standard trade agreement and could threaten the sovereignty of countries that sign it.
[Planet Money] Trade deal confidential
29-Jun-2015 National Public Radio
Right now hundreds of trade negotiators are preparing for battle over the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. The text of that agreement is locked in a top-secret room in the basement of the Capitol and won’t be released to the public until the deal is done.
Chinese dairy farmers upset with Australian free trade agreement
27-May-2015 ABC Rural
Chinese dairy farmers fear their government is sacrificing the local industry to promote trade with Australia.
Company vs country
31-Mar-2015 BBC
Resistance is mounting against the booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments.
Where are the TPP negotiations up to?
4-Mar-2015 Australia Broadcasting Corporation
Discussion with Susan Sell, Matthew Rimmer and Jane Kelsey
ISDS: The devil in the trade deal
14-Sep-2014 ABC
A common provision allowing foreign investors to sue host governments has become a ticking time bomb inside trade agreements. Some countries are now refusing to agree to the provision and are questioning its legal legitimacy. Jess Hill investigates.
Anti-TTIP protests take place across the UK
1-Sep-2014 EIN News
Thousands of people across Britain on Saturday protested against the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and US.
Mexico is waging war against American apples
15-May-2014 PRI
Mexico’s apple industry is the latest victim of NAFTA — and trying to fight back.
Taiwan’s students head to the streets with sunflowers to protest closer ties with China
27-Mar-2014 Public Radio International
The students call their protest against the China-Taiwan trade agreement "the sunflower revolution" as the flower is a symbol of hope. Some professors have moved classes to the demonstrations sites themselves.
Grains Council pushing TTIP negotiators on EU biotech barriers
18-Mar-2014 WNAX
US Grains Council leaders are pushing Trans Atlantic free trade negotiators to keep the European Union from slowing biotechnology approval
Europe tells US to lay off Brie and get its own cheese names
6-Mar-2014 NPR
The European Union wants US food makers to stop using names with historical ties to Europe. But what else would you call, say, Parmesan or Brie?
A Canadian court is allowing Ecuadorians to pursue their long-running pollution suit against Chevron
4-Jan-2014 Public Radio International
Last month, a judge ruled that the Ecuadorians can pursue their case against Chevron in Canada.