RCEP resistance
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Two major farmers protests are planned in New Delhi on 2 October and 30 November and RCEP will be high on the agenda.
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Direktur Eksekutif Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) Rachmi Hertanti menyampaikan beberapa catatan merah yang harus diperhatikan oleh negosiator terkait dengan bab investasi pada perundingan RCEP ke-23 di Bangkok, Thailand, diantaranya soal ISDS, performance requirements dan export taxes.
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Organizations across the Asia Pacific region have come together to oppose the secrecy surrounding the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
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Redlines for investment provision in RCEP negotiation
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Free trade negotiation never benefits the poor. But it gives opportunities for the capitalist transnational corporations to control and dictate the food and agriculture systems absolutely.
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The deal is likely to deal a huge blow to the less developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region and benefit big corporations and the richer countries.
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More than 80 participants representing trade union, farmers, indigenous peoples, health and patients networks, women’s organisations, academia and civil society organisations from the region have gathered in Thailand on the sidelines of the 23rd round of RCEP negotiations.
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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership involving 16 nations from Asia-Pacific will impact the lives of over three billion people, yet a new study reveals how the deal fails international standards of transparency and public engagement.
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Women’s rights organisations from Thailand say NO to RCEP as the neoliberal free trade agreement will only exacerbate inequality and the negative impact on their livelihoods.
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Civil society organisations from the RCEP negotiating countries will hold a press briefing at the FCCT on 20th July, Friday, 1.00 - 2.00 P.M. to highlight concerns regarding RCEP negotiations on human rights, intellectual property and investment rules.
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東アジア地域包括的経済連携（RCEP）の交渉を行なう16カ国の貿易担当者は、この野心的なメガ自由貿易協定を前進させるために、今週シンガポールで会合を開催している。しかしながら市民社会は排除された。
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Trade officials from 16 countries that are negotiating RCEP are meeting in Singapore this week. But Singapore government has gone backwards excluding trade unions, farmers and civil society organisations who will be adversely affected by RCEP that has gain a voice in previous rounds, although not nearly enough.
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The call “Southeast Asia is not for sale. We are not for sale!” echoed as hundreds marched to the historic People Power Monument along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Manila, Philippines.
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Civil society urges the ASEAN Member States to take people-centred approach.
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Dalit people are the poorest people in India and would be among the most affected by RCEP.
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"Trade for the People" briefly covers how the new FTAs, such as the TPP, the RCEP and the EPAs in Africa continue to threaten people’s rights.
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Joint sign-on letter of civil society organisations to Trade Ministers of RCEP negotiating countries.
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Various civil society groups and movements in the Philippines came together for a public forum to voice out their opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
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Le RCEP détruirait une part importante de l’économie indienne et des moyens d’existence de la population, pour privilégier les marchés internationaux.
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Loon Gangte es un activista de la India que vive con VIH y hepatitis C. Es el fundador del Delhi Network of Positive People [una red de personas seropositivas en Dehli].
