medicines

Interview with Loon Gangte

4-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org

Loon Gangte is an Indian activist living with HIV and hepatitis C, founder of the Delhi Network of Positive People.

Medicines in India likely to be costlier due to RCEP trade pact

2-Aug-2017 DNA

However, the key issues holding the final text of these negotiations don’t seem to be getting resolved.

New Zealand negotiator at Asia trade pact talks says countries should analyse TRIPS-Plus

1-Aug-2017 The Wire

The negotiator’s comments were non-committal but indicated that for now, the RCEP talks have not yet moved decisively into a TRIPS-plus scenario.

ASEAN Parliamentarians call for a focus on rights in regional trade talks

24-Jul-2017 Asian Tribune

Officials from ASEAN member states and other countries meeting in India this week for negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) should take steps to ensure that the trade deal safeguards human rights, Southeast Asian lawmakers said today.

Trading health through IPR, patents

17-Jul-2017 Deccan Herald

Trade agreements between countries have a perceivable impact on access to medicines as a result of changes in patent and other national laws in different countries.

Canada blinks in face of US/Pharma pressure

14-Jul-2017 Info Justice

The cool reasoning of the Canadian Supreme Court does not acknowledge or reference “external” pressures or the Eli Lilly v. Canada ISDS case. However, courts do not decide cases in a vacuum. This case seems to have been decided in a pressure cooker.

No RCEP Campaign: Stop trading away human rights

13-Jul-2017 APWLD

The ’No RCEP’ campaign urges governments to consider the adverse impact of the mega free trade agreement

More trouble for Canada-EU trade deal, as drug changes delay implementation

29-Jun-2017 CBC

Goal of implementing most of CETA this summer slips farther from reach.

Civil society interventions on the RCEP

1-Jun-2017 Focus on the Global South

In the recent “RCEP 18th Round of Talks,” members of civil society organizations and social movements presented their positions vis-à-vis the RCEP.

MSF response on the India-EFTA free trade agreement negotiations in Liechtenstein this week

30-May-2017 MSF

Through this deal, Swiss pharmaceutical corporations are working to erode India’s ability to produce and supply generic medicines for people across the developing world.

Why RCEP is the problem, not the solution

18-May-2017 Inquirer.net

RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public

Women’s intervention at the RCEP TNC 18th round stakeholders’ meeting in Philippines

12-May-2017 GABRIELA Philippines

The RCEP will only further marginalize women

Protests mark RCEP Manila rounds

12-May-2017 People Over Profit

#NoRCEP week of actions at the 18th TNC Meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Reject RCEP and reject unjust trade deals

11-May-2017 Trade Justice Pilipinas

Trade Justice Pilipinas expresses its opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement or RCEP

MSF response on RCEP negotiations in the Philippines

8-May-2017 MSF

Negotiators must protect public health safeguards that enable developing countries like India to keep supplying life-saving affordable medicines for millions of people worldwide.

Stop trading workers’ rights over profits

8-May-2017 Forum on FTAs

RCEP magnifies existing inequalities and discriminates against women, indigenous peoples, people living with HIV or other illnesses, people with disabilities,rural communities, farmers and workers

RCEP: Corporations could sue governments

3-May-2017 AFTINET

ISDS is increasingly being used by global corporations to challenge health, environment and other public interest laws.

Employment crisis and free trade agreements( FTAs) : Why workers should reject RCEP

27-Apr-2017 Forum against FTAs

Trade unions, farmers groups, health activists, and other people’s movements are planning to organise a series of events to put pressure on the Government of India to withdraw from RCEP negotiations.