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Is the EU abandoning freedom of speech in its trade deals?
9-Nov-2016 EurActiv
As trade negotiators seek to wrap up the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the EU seems to have abandoned the objective of promoting human rights, notably freedom of speech.
EU seeks faster reforms on human rights ahead of Sri Lanka trade deal
2-Nov-2016 EurActiv
European parliamentarians asked Sri Lanka to step up reforms and abolish draconian anti-terror laws to qualify for lucrative trade concessions from the 28-member bloc.
Peruvians urge Himes to oppose TPP
27-Oct-2016 Stamford Advocate
"Our experience in Peru demonstrates how the TPP model prioritizes trade and investment above the protection of the environment, ecosystems, and life itself."
Intl. investment policy exacerbates vulnerabilities of people to corporate land grabs, says expert
27-Oct-2016 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
As commercial pressures on resources increase, some of the world’s poorest people face the risk of dispossession under contested circumstances.
Repercussions in Colombia of the free trade agreement with the European Union
21-Oct-2016 TNI
Various points of interest emerged during the discussions around the negotiation and ratification of this Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and after three years of its provisional implementation, it is a good time to revisit these issues.
Building a treaty on human rights and TNCs
20-Oct-2016 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Proposal from the global campaign to reclaim peoples power, dismantle corporate power and stop impunity.
Rethinking investment treaties to advance human rights
18-Oct-2016 IIED
There is considerable room to rethink substantive norms and dispute settlement arrangements.
40 years ago, this Chilean exile warned us about the shock doctrine. Then he was assassinated.
27-Sep-2016 The Nation
There are connections between the imposition of brutal austerity and corporate-friendly trade deals and the frightening rise of far-right parties.
A new generation of free trade agreements that privilege business interests over human rights
30-Aug-2016 The Wire
There must be ex ante human rights impact assessment of the trade agreements and investment treaties that are being negotiated by the ASEAN community, including with and in India.
Free trade is killing Colombian labor activists
2-Aug-2016 The Nation
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.
The Empire Files: Bringing corporations to justice with Ecuador’s UN Rep
24-Jul-2016 Tele Sur
For the first time ever, progress is being made at the United Nations for a binging legal instrument that would hold corporations accountable for human rights violations.
Five EU states gang up on Africa’s last colony
19-Jul-2016 EU Observer
The European Court of Justice is due to hear a case on Tuesday (19 July) examining the EU’s role in facilitating exploitation of Africa’s last colony by one of Europe’s close allies.
Honduras : les assassinats contre les environnementalistes se poursuivent
12-Jul-2016 CNCD-11.11.11
Sept ans après le coup d’Etat au Honduras, les assassinats et la criminalisation à l’encontre des défenseurs des droits humains, de l’environnement, des communautés indiennes ou paysannes ne fléchissent pas.
Free Trade Agreements have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in Central America
4-Jul-2016 Institute for Policy Studies
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America.
Trade or human rights? Integrity of State Department trafficking report still an open question
1-Jul-2016 AFL-CIO
"The Administration appears to be resolute in forging a flawed trade agreement with countries that currently violate fundamental labor and human rights."
Don’t trade with Western Sahara, says Danish parliament
3-Jun-2016 WSRW
The Danish parliament unanimously passed a motion on Western Sahara that urges Danish companies and the Danish public sector not to trade with Africa’s last colony.
UN Treaty on transnational corporations, other business enterprises & human rights: Options for justice
31-May-2016 S2B
This report discusses options for the following aspects of the treaty: access to remedy; enforcement mechanisms; and its relationship with the trade and investment regime.
Spain: COAG will request cancellation of EU-Morocco free trade agreement
26-May-2016 Fresh Plaza
The head for fruits and vegetables at COAG is requesting in the European Parliament for the immediate implementation of the ruling cancelling the agreement for free agricultural trade between the EU and Morocco because of the illegal inclusion of Western Sahara.
EU sacrifices human rights for Vietnam free trade
28-Apr-2016 EU Observer
New EU-Vietnam trade agreements are being fast-tracked with barely any attention to human rights.
Iceland agrees with CJEU, excludes Western Sahara from trade deal
25-Apr-2016 WSRW
All four members states of the EFTA free trade association conclude in the same way as the Court of Justice of the European Union. Goods from Western Sahara cannot be inluded in free trade agreements with Morocco.