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Assault on Colombian trade unions continues
5-Aug-2012 IPS
Two months after a free trade agreement between the US and Colombia went into effect, workers continue to face attacks.
Video documentary: Global crises, regional solutions
1-Aug-2012 TNI
In this video, activists from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe argue that regional integration is the only viable response to the current economic, climate, food and energy crises.
The dark side of investment agreements
6-Jul-2012 TNI
An animation which exposes how people are paying the costs of corporate lawsuits under international investment agreements.
Stop the TPP
29-Jun-2012 The Nation
Learning and action points for a US audience
Breaking ’08 pledge, leaked trade doc shows Obama wants to help corporations avoid regulations
14-Jun-2012 DN!
A draft agreement leaked Wednesday shows the Obama administration is pushing a secretive trade agreement that could vastly expand corporate power and directly contradict a 2008 campaign promise by President Obama.
Canada: The real cost of free trade
28-Apr-2012 Operation Maple
ACTA and TPP: The new enemies of the World Wide Web
9-Feb-2012 Telepresence Options
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are essentially an alteration to SOPA and PIPA for the rest of the world.
Conference on human rights and the EU-India free trade agreement
12-Dec-2011 Greens/EFA
VIdeo of a conference organised by the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament on 8 December 2011
Global investment rules: Threat to democracy and the environment
9-Dec-2011 NJGI
Told through the voices of people working to battle the injustices of these rules from countries across the world, the video is a vibrant and visual way to help people understand what is at stake, for our rights, for the environment and for democracy.
Malaysian anti-free trade activists protest FTA deals with the US
6-Dec-2011 Press TV
Anti free-trade activists in Kuala Lumpur protested outside the venue where American representatives and Malaysian ministers met to discuss further on free trade agreements between the two nations.
PM Key says NZ drug-buyer Pharmac may not be changed under Trans Pacific Partnership talks, but fine details still yet to be sorted
14-Nov-2011 Interest.co.nz
New Zealand drug-buying agency Pharmac may not be hit with any changes under the Trans Pacific Partnership deal being negotiated with United States, although the finer details of the Pacific trade agreement are yet to be ironed out, Prime Minister John Key says.
Korea: Prosecution vows stern actions against FTA protesters
8-Nov-2011 Yonhap
Korean prosecutors said Monday they will resort to arrests and physical detention in dealing with protesters against the country’s long-stalled free trade agreement with the US.
Colombian, Korean and Panamanian activists condemn White House support for new "free trade" deals
13-Oct-2011 Democracy Now!
Organizers held a teach-in at Occupy Wall Street on Monday about "free trade agreements" with Colombia, Panama and South Korea now pending in Congress that will expand the market for national corporations and financial corporations from the United States.
Palestinians to export direct to EU, avoiding Israel
27-Sep-2011 AFP
The European parliament Tuesday gave its green light to a deal enabling Palestinians to export farm and fish products directly to the European Union starting next year, without transit through Israel.
Documentary: CAFTA led to workers’ rights violations in Honduras
27-Sep-2011 AFL CIO
Ever since it was passed five years ago, the Central America Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) has led to an increase in unemployment, violations of worker rights and discrimination against women in Honduras, according to an about-to-be-released documentary.
Labor unions rally at Grant Park
6-Sep-2011 ABC
Chicago labor unions say a looming free trade agreement, the "Trans Pacific Partnership," will lead to the loss of good-paying US jobs. They compare it to NAFTA.
ICAAP10 2011: No safe avenue to address your concerns
29-Aug-2011 HealthDev.Net
The 10th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) has been turned upside down completely
Colombia FTA: violence, potential job losses hang over deal
21-Jul-2011 Huffington Post
How will the US-Colombia free trade agreement affect Colombians? Opinions from a sugar cane worker, shop steward and a Colombian labor expert.
Colombia FTA press conference
5-Jul-2011 CWA Union
Press conference against the US-Colombia FTA, Washington DC, 16 June 2011
The unanswered questions surrounding the US-Colombia FTA
23-Jun-2011 Huffington Post
We should all be asking our policymakers some tough questions, like: What will they do when the FTA is passed and it devastates Colombian small-scale farmers and leads to a surge in coca cultivation? What will they do when the FTA is passed and there is an increase in forced displacement? What will they do after the FTA is approved and trade unionists and human rights defenders continue to be threatened and killed?