alternatives
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7-Mar-2019 Local Futures
Saving Japan’s seed heritage from “free trade”
Former Japanese minister Yamada joined forces with 150 lawyers that have challenged as unconstitutional both the TPP agreement and the government’s decision to abolish the seed protection law.
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22-Feb-2019 New Internationalist
Just, open and green
Trade is for and about people. It should never be separated from its social context. Trade should improve people’s lives and the public good.
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21-Feb-2019 Daily Blog
Russel Norman – climate change and free trade
The panel on a sustainable world at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand argued for major changes to address pressing environmental issues.
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14-Jan-2019 Truth Out
“Free trade” is today’s imperialism by the 1 percent
Opposition to “free” trade is clearly growing. Less clear are the alternatives to free trade that might emerge.
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27-Oct-2018 Scoop
Trade strategy hui attracts 17,000 online viewers
The hui on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy Should Look Like at Auckland University’s Fale Pasifika attracted a remarkable 16,831 pageviews over the two days of live-streaming.
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3-Oct-2018 Daily Blog
Converting resistance to TPPA into a new agenda for change
Our aim is to move beyond campaigns to stop these deals one by one, and create popular and political momentum for a genuinely alternative agenda.
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2-Oct-2018 It’s Our Future
What an alternative & progressive trade strategy should look like
19 – 20 October 2018. Fale Pasifika, University Of Auckland.
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7-Jun-2018 Alternatives Economiques
L’Union peut-elle réconcilier le commerce international et l’environnement ?
S’agit-il de rendre le commerce moins polluant ou de mettre les accords commerciaux au service de la protection de l’environnement et du climat ?
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11-Apr-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
Setting course for sustainable trade – a new trade agenda that serves people and the environment
We urgently need a new trade regime which can help address global challenges and tackle problems like accelerating climate change, a broken agricultural model and loss of trust in democratic processes.
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28-Feb-2018 Euractiv
Trade and climate: How the EU can protect the Paris Agreement
It is possible to effectively integrate the Paris Agreement into new trade deals, including CETA and the upcoming JEFTA with Japan.
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30-Jan-2018 Parti Sosialis Malaysia
Towards a peoples charter on international trade agreements
It is now time we open up the dialogue on the kind of trade agreements that we want to see in place.
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25-Jan-2018 Kehys
10 steps to sustainable and fair trade
Finnish NGOs and trade unions have published a vision for a new and sustainable direction for Finnish and EU trade policies.
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15-Jan-2018 Social Europe
Anchoring labour rights more effectively in EU trade agreements
We have highlighted some of the main limitations of the approach taken and how greater accountability could be established in current agreements.
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11-Jan-2018 IISD
Conferencia de alto nivel de la UNCTAD sobre los AIIs: Avanzando en el abordaje de los acuerdos internacionales de inversión de la generación anterior
Más de 300 expertos, incluyendo a negociadores de alto nivel de acuerdos internacionales de inversión (AIIs) y representantes de organizaciones intergubernamentales, sociedad civil, sector académico y sector privado se reunieron en Ginebra.
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22-Dec-2017 IISD
Conférence de haut-niveau de la CNUCED sur les AII : poursuivre l’examen des Accords internationaux d’investissement d’ancienne génération
Plus de 300 experts, notamment des négociateurs de haut-niveau d’accords internationaux d’investissement et des représentants d’organisations intergouvernementales, de la société civile ainsi que des secteurs universitaires et privés se sont réunis à Genève
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22-Dec-2017 IISD
UNCTAD’s 2017 high-level IIA conference: moving forward on addressing older-generation international investment agreements
More than 300 experts, including high-level negotiators of international investment agreements and representatives from intergovernmental organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector convened in Geneva.
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9-Nov-2017 Alternatives Economiques
CETA : le compte n’y est toujours pas sur le climat
Plusieurs modifications indispensables auraient dû être apportées au CETA pour le rendre climato-compatible.
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25-Oct-2017 EurActiv
L’intégration de «clauses vertes» dans les accords commerciaux agite l’UE
Au niveau européen, le consensus est acquis sur la nécessité de lutter contre le dumping social et environnemental. Mais les outils pour y parvenir font débat.
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25-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Calls grow for ‘green clause’ in EU trade deals
There is widespread consensus on the need to level the playing field for European companies confronted with environmental and social dumping from foreign competitors. Just how hard the EU should hit on wrongdoers remains a major sticking point, however.
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23-Oct-2017 IIED
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
How international investment treaties could promote more responsible investment and argues that, while some innovative practices are emerging, there is still much to do.
