26-Jun-2020
Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie
To get out of the crisis exacerbated by Covid-19: more than a hundred organizations and networks in the Arab region are launching a campaign for debt cancellation and getting rid of "free trade" agreements.
11-Jun-2020
World Commerce Review
Arbitration cases due to COVID emergency measures would exacerbate the challenges that public budgets are already facing due to the need for stimulus measures and the difficulty in collecting government revenue.
2-Jun-2020
In These Times
Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.
19-May-2020
Open Democracy
Research claims top law firms are preparing to ‘cash in’ on the pandemic by helping corporations sue states for measures that have impaired profits.
6-May-2020
The Independent
The US trade model is not only unpopular with the British public, but it will also make us more vulnerable to future pandemics.
27-Apr-2020
New York Times
The announcement came three days after the US government launched a campaign to get Mexico to reopen plants, suggesting the supply chain of the North American free trade zone could be permanently affected.
23-Apr-2020
The Conversation
Global companies are positioning themselves to use little-known rules in trade agreements to claim millions of dollars in compensation for restrictions imposed during the pandemic.
22-Apr-2020
Friends of the Earth International
An open letter to Trade Ministries and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
21-Apr-2020
Los Angeles Times
Maquiladoras which avoid most tariffs because their finished products are for export only, have boomed since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.