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Urgent mobilisation against the signing of the Samoa Agreement to succeed the Cotonou Agreement

27-Aug-2021 SOL

The agreement was concluded between the chief negotiators (foreign or trade ministers) in December 2020 and initialled on 15 April 2021 in Samoa.

African social movements demand that AU suspends undemocratic and pro-industry seed and GMO guidelines and processes

26-Aug-2021 ACBio

More than 50 African groups denounce how the African Union is using the African Continental Free Trade Area as a justification to push the seed harmonisation agenda.

Why a hasty trade deal may not be good for us – or for the environment

26-Aug-2021 Friends of the Earth

What precedent might be set by the new Australia trade deal and what could it tell us about the future for UK environmental standards?

Death by a thousand treaties

20-Aug-2021 The Ecologist

Governments must urgently terminate all international investment treaties in force, in particular the Energy Charter Treaty, and stop negotiating new ones.

Blockading global Green New Deals

19-Aug-2021 The Ecologist

Tackling trade and investment agreements must be an essential step in achieving justice-oriented action on climate change, health inequities and economic injustice.

French airport investors make good on earlier threat to bring treaty-based claims against Chile in relation to reduced air traffic during the COVID pandemic

17-Aug-2021 IA Reporter

Two French airport companies, Aeroports de Paris (ADP) and Vinci Airports, have initiated treaty-based arbitration proceedings against Chile, invoking the Chile-France bilateral investment treaty (BIT).

Taiwan applies to join TPP free trade pact on China’s heels

23-Sep-2021 Kyodo News

Taiwan formally submitted an application to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, the government said, just days after mainland China filed its bid for membership.

Unlocking a new era: India–UK Early Harvest Trade Deal

23-Sep-2021 ORF Online

India and the United Kingdom aim to launch the negotiations on a FTA, with both parties agreeing to an Early Harvest Agreement by March 2022, allowing both to establish selective gains in commodities and services.

Eyeing a deal by December, India & UAE to start FTA talks today

23-Sep-2021 Times of India

India and the UAE announced the launch of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which New Delhi is seeking to prioritise talks for a free trade agreement.

China wants to join the trade pact once designed to counter it

22-Sep-2021 Foreign Policy

CPTPP members will have a robust discussion on China’s application. It’s hard to argue that Beijing’s trade regime will be in line anytime soon with CPTPP disciplines on state-owned enterprises, labor, digital trade, and intellectual property protection, among other concerns.

Senate approves draft laws on RCEP, bilateral FTA with China

22-Sep-2021 Phnom Penh Post

The senate on September 20 unanimously passed (38-0) two draft laws authorising the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA).

Fighting for food sovereignty in Kenya and Uganda

20-Sep-2021 Water Savvy Solutions

Special podcast about the implications of free trade for African women, especially from a food sovereignty perspective.

From the movements

Urgent mobilisation against the signing of the Samoa Agreement to succeed the Cotonou Agreement

African social movements demand that AU suspends undemocratic and pro-industry seed and GMO guidelines and processes

Why a hasty trade deal may not be good for us – or for the environment

Death by a thousand treaties

Blockading global Green New Deals

French airport investors make good on earlier threat to bring treaty-based claims against Chile in relation to reduced air traffic during the COVID pandemic

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Taiwan applies to join TPP free trade pact on China’s heels

Unlocking a new era: India–UK Early Harvest Trade Deal

Eyeing a deal by December, India & UAE to start FTA talks today

China wants to join the trade pact once designed to counter it

Senate approves draft laws on RCEP, bilateral FTA with China

Fighting for food sovereignty in Kenya and Uganda

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