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Ensuring the primacy of human rights in trade and investment policies
15-Mar-2017 CIDSE
Model clauses for a UN Treaty on transnational corporations, other businesses and human rights.
EU presses Vietnam to improve human rights ahead of trade deal
1-Mar-2017 VOA
Vietnam is coming under pressure from lawmakers in Europe to improve its human rights record before ratification of an EU free trade deal.
EU-Israel Association Agreement under threat following new settlements announcement
16-Feb-2017 New Europe
A series of MEPs condemned Israel’s continued settlement construction in the occupied West Bank during a plenum debate.
Putting human rights and investor obligations first
3-Feb-2017 TNI
We urge all stakeholders involved in the EU-Mexico FTA negotiations to replace the current far-reaching liberalisation and deregulation agenda with an agreement that regulates investment
Commission proposes reinstating Sri Lankan trade concession
16-Jan-2017 EurActiv
The European Commission proposed that the bloc reinstates a trade concession to Sri Lanka as an incentive to the government to promote human rights and good governance.
6 ways we could improve NAFTA for working people
21-Dec-2016 AFL-CIO
It is important that everyday working people’s perspectives lead the debate, starting with how to rewrite NAFTA.
EU-Myanmar/Burma Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) and impact assessment fail to protect human rights
20-Dec-2016 FIDH / ALTSEAN Burma
Open letter
Let us not sacrifice human rights for commercial interests
15-Dec-2016 CNCDH
Opinion on international trade and investment agreements : « Let us not sacrifice human rights for commercial interests - The example of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA) »
First season in Switzerland without occupation tomatoes?
9-Dec-2016 WSRW
From this winter on, Swiss supermarkets will probably, for the first time, no longer sell tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara.
Secret trade proposal would give Facebook free reign to censor by algorithm
28-Nov-2016 Motherboard
Under leaked proposals from a controversial service trade deal, Facebook and other online services could be granted legal immunity when censoring any content
Embedding human rights into corporate tax planning
25-Nov-2016 Madhyam
The exploitation of loopholes has become the favorite play of an organized tax avoidance industry.
Human rights must be integrated into international investment agreements
14-Nov-2016 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Human rights NGOs urge rejection of CETA, RCEP, TPP, TTIP, EU-Vietnam FTA.
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.