From the movements
Free trade agreements pushing UPOV as of 2025
GRAIN has updated its dataset on free trade agreements that push harsh new standards for intellectual property rights over biodiversity, going beyond the international standards set by the World Trade Organisation.
From trade deal to corporate takeover: threats of lawsuit abuse in RCEP
This episode unpacks the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, world’s largest free trade agreement, and the dangerous push to insert the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism into its investment chapter.
The corporate siege of Honduras: international arbitration demands, energy transition, and state sovereignty
Between July 14 and 17, in the city of Choluteca (Honduras), more than 60 people from 20 local communities and representatives of national and international social movements gathered for the “Meeting of communities affected by energy projects in southern Honduras - Without human rights, there is no energy sovereignty.”
Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need
Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development.
Clive Palmer’s multibillion-dollar claims make a mockery of a tribunal that allows foreign investors to challenge court decisions
The billionaire’s last three cases are part of a growing global list from fossil fuel companies against government decisions to reduce carbon emissions.
