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23-Mar-2023

3-Feb-2023 FERN

The FTA aims to increase trade in products known for their harmful impact on people and forests, which is incompatible with the transition to a just and green economy.

’Digital sovereignty must be at core of Pacific e-commerce strategy’

8-Jul-2022 Voxy

The Pacific regional e-commerce strategy needs to be revised as it denies Pacific Island Countries their sovereign right to manage their digital domains, including data, a new report has found.

Podcasts

24-Jun-2022 bilaterals.org

Social movement reflections on FTAs in the new Chilean constitution

26-May-2022 bilaterals.org

Interview with Chilean activist Lucía Sepúlveda Ruiz.

Thai gold mine blamed for sickening local villagers is set to reopen

11-May-2022 Mongabay

Citing the free-trade agreement between Australia and Thailand, Kingsgate, announced in November 2017 that it had filed a suit against Thailand at an international arbitration tribunal.

South Korean farmers rally against free trade

5-Apr-2022 Press TV

Hundreds of South Korean farmers and fishers protested in the country’s financial and political center, Yeouido, demanding the government reconsider its intention to enter into yet another free trade agreement.

Trade agreements are colonial tools to control lands, resources and labour, says Canadian activist Stefan Christoff

24-Jan-2022 bilaterals.org

Interview with Stefan Christoff, media maker, musician and community activist living in Montreal.

In honour of Aziz Choudry

2-Jun-2021 bilaterals.org

The teams at GRAIN and bilaterals.org are extremely sad to share the news that we have lost a great comrade and friend, Aziz Choudry.

Stop the Energy Charter Treaty

21-Apr-2021 Friends of the Earth Europe

This obscure treaty from the 1990s grants sweeping rights and protections to big energy investors – mainly fossil fuel companies.

Barrick forces hand of Papua New Guinea government in reopening Porgera mine

7-Apr-2021 Mining Watch

Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister Papua New Guinea released a statement announcing that his government will be making a deal with the company in regard to the Porgera Joint Venture gold mine.

Stop EU-Mercosur coalition statement

15-Mar-2021 Stop EU Mercosur

More than 450 organizations launch a joint statement calling on governments to stop the EU-Mercosur agreement.

How Energy Treaty ’shadow’ courts prolong EU’s fossil age

23-Feb-2021 EU Observer

The treaty enables companies to claim billions in compensation from states in front of international arbitration tribunals, if they feel unfairly treated by the states’ energy or climate policies.

Women’s movement across Asia and the Pacific demand #NoRCEP

13-Nov-2020 APWLD

As the 10 ASEAN countries and their 5 trading partners get ready to sign the anti-people trade deal, the countries must conduct social and human rights impact analysis on RCEP before signing or ratifying it.

Stop corporations profiting from the pandemic. Stop ISDS.

20-Oct-2020 Friends of the Earth International

Our call to suspend all ISDS cases during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

Corporate trade deals: A history of resistance

24-Sep-2020 The World Transformed

From the Seattle protests against the WTO, to the defeat of TTIP and the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the attempt to impose corporate trade deals has often created moments of crisis for the system.

Climate protest against the EU-Mercosur trade deal

1-Sep-2020 Euractiv

A protest against the planned EU-Mercosur trade agreement was held on 28 August, with the participating groups citing the incompatibilities of the EU’s climate ambitions with actions taken by the Brazilian government.