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Declaration of the third Continental Assembly of the Platform
28-May-2025 América Latina Mejor sin TLC
After two days of debate, the organisations and networks of the Latin America and the Caribbean Better Without FTAs Platform issued a declaration reaffirming their commitment to the sovereignty and protagonism of the peoples, social and environmental justice.
The false dilemma between protectionism and free trade
27-May-2025 TNI
The tariff policy of Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States represents a reconfiguration of global trade and poses serious challenges for movements against free trade agreements worldwide.
Trump and trade policy. Elements for analysis.
12-Mar-2025 América Latina Mejor sin TLC
The Platform, together with Latindadd, held a virtual meeting aimed at providing elements for analysing the new global economic situation brought about by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.
The rights of nature become a rallying point against an ascendant mining industry
7-Mar-2025 Inside Climate News
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
Bringing together social and environmental demands in the fight against FTAs
2-Dec-2024 bilaterals.org
In order to put an end to free trade agreements, it is essential to continue to link the different struggles for the defence of territories and their natural resources, for the social demands of the people, for life and for peace.
Hong Kong to explore striking free-trade deal with more Latin American countries: John Lee
19-Nov-2024 South China Morning Post
Hong Kong will explore striking a free-trade agreement with more countries in Latin America, the city’s leader has said.
ISDS in numbers – Impacts of investment arbitration lawsuits against states in Latin America and the Caribbean
22-Oct-2024 TNI
This report presents a systematic overview of foreign investor lawsuits against countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) based on investment protection treaties up to 31 December 2023.
State lawmakers urge US exit from toxic ISDS mechanisms in trade deals
6-Aug-2024 Common Dreams
"Outdated trade rules like ISDS can pose a real threat to states’ sustainable energy initiatives and the good-paying jobs they create," said one lawmaker from Maine
APEP should be used to eliminate ISDS, say members of Congress, US and Latin American civil society
23-Jul-2024 Public Citizen
Members of Congress, grassroots activists, and civil society organizations from the US and Latin America urged the United States to use the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) to undo the damage of decades of corporate-dominated trade policy.
The international system that pits foreign investors against indigenous communities
12-Jun-2024 Inside Climate News
Investor-state dispute settlement allows foreign investors to sue governments for billions. A new report highlights this international legal system harms Indigenous Latin Americans.
To strengthen ties with countries in the Americas and deliver on climate, health, and democracy APEP goals, Pres. Biden should launch all-Americas exit of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) regime
30-Oct-2023 Rethink Trade
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement regime to date has generated $47 billion in pending corporate demands for taxpayer compensation in claims against the 12 APEP nations’ climate, health, and other public-interest policies.
‘Silent coup’: how capitalism defeated decolonization
25-Sep-2023 The Real News Network
The crumbling of European empires after WWII didn’t usher in a new era of democracy—instead, we now live in a regime of international corporate rule.
US politicians push for Latin America to be added to CUSMA
15-Sep-2023 Global News
A bipartisan duo of US senators is leading a growing push to open up the continent’s “gold standard” trade agreement to include parts of Latin America in order to build a better bulwark against China’s geopolitical might.
Biden should use the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity to free the hemisphere from ISDS
21-Jul-2023 Common Dreams
One of the most controversial aspects of the hyperglobalization era, investor-state dispute settlement elevates multinational corporations and foreign investors to equal status with national governments.
EU, Latin America at odds on Ukraine and Mercosur trade ahead of big summit
10-Jul-2023 Politico
European and Latin American countries are miles apart on Ukraine and a Mercosur trade deal. The working text also eliminates references to the proposed signature of a deal between the EU and 79 countries of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States .
Lula says Mercosur eyeing fresh trade deals, increased regional commerce
5-Jul-2023 Yahoo
Brazilian President wants the Mercosur trade bloc to advance in talks for deals with Canada, South Korea and Singapore, while aiming to increase commerce with other countries in Latin America and Asia.
LEAK: EU to prioritise Mercosur deal, establish closer ties with Latin America
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.
APEP in Canada’s step
16-May-2023 CCPA
Canada’s trade agenda heading into the summer is kind of everything everywhere all at once. One newer project keeps coming up in conversations: the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity, or APEP.
Public services in the crosshairs
19-Apr-2023 TNI
The impacts of investment protection regimes on the public services sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity is unlikely to expand trade
3-Mar-2023 American Action Forum
The APEP seeks to “foster regional economic integration,” but it does not include negotiation objectives on market access to eliminate tariffs, objectives similarly neglected by the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework..