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2-Aug-2019 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil untuk Keadilan Ekonomi Mekanisme sengketa investasi dalam RCEP menghilangkan perlindungan hak rakyat dari kesewenangan investor
Organisasi masyarakat sipil Indonesia mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia untuk tidak menandatangani Perjanjian RCEP karena mekanisme sengketa investasi yang diatur di dalamnya hanya akan melindungi kepentingan investor. -
2-Aug-2019 GRAIN El acuerdo comercial RCEP intensificará el acaparamiento de tierras en Asia
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos. -
1-Aug-2019 Occupy FTA Trade Minister of South Korea should not undermine the ISDS reform objectives pursued by the Prime Minister
CSOs call for Trade Minister of South Korea should not undermine the ISDS reform objectives pursued by the Prime Minister -
1-Aug-2019 Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements Keep agriculture and dairy out of RCEP negotiations, farmers’ body tells government
The RCEP will destroy farm livelihoods especially in the domestic dairy sector. -
31-Jul-2019 GRAIN L’accord commercial du RCEP va intensifier l’accaparement de terres en Asie
Le méga-accord commercial de la RCEP changera la façon dont les gouvernements décident des droits fonciers et des personnes qui y ont accès. Il a le potentiel d’accroître l’accaparement des terres dans toute l’Asie. -
12-Jul-2019 GRAIN RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
The RCEP mega-trade agreement if adopted will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it. Therefore, it has the potential to increase land grabbing across Asia – already a huge problem in this region. -
10-Jul-2019 Friends of the Earth International Les multinationales ont ‘récupéré la justice’
Le Partenariat économique régional global saperait les protections écologiques en Asie. -
9-Jul-2019 Devex Civil society criticizes secretive Asia-Pacific free trade negotiations
CSOs and other observers of the trade agreement have needed to rely on leaked 2015 documents to get a picture of what was on the table for discussion and whether there were protections offered to vulnerable communities and the environment. -
9-Jul-2019 The Ecologist Corporations have ’hijacked justice’
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia. -
5-Jul-2019 GRAIN Le secteur laitier indien menacé par de nouveaux accords commerciaux
Plusieurs nouveaux accords commerciaux qui répondent aux intérêts des multinationales, tels que le Partenariat économique global régional (RCEP) ou les accords proposés avec l’Europe, risquent de modifier radicalement le paysage agricole et d’éliminer les petits producteurs laitiers indiens. -
3-Jul-2019 Malaysia Kini Ensure RCEP meets unions’ five key demands
Asia Pacific trade unions jointly urge participating governments to ensure the RCEP meets unions’ five key demands. -
3-Jul-2019 Make Medicines Affordable Old wine in new bottles: Keep TRIPS-plus provisions out of the RCEP FTA!
Intellectual property barriers, which would hinder access to affordable medicines, have supposedly been removed from the draft RCEP free-trade agreement (FTA). -
25-Jun-2019 FTA Watch Thai CSOs’ proposition against IP enforcement in the RCEP negotiation
FTA Watch would like to urge the Thai negotiation team for the RCEP to have a strong position to reject proposals on Intellectual Property Enforcement chapter. -
20-Jun-2019 GRAIN Indian dairy under threat from new trade deals
Several new trade pacts that cater to transnational corporations, like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or the proposed deals pending with Europe, threaten to radically change the map and wipe out India’s small dairy producers. -
2-May-2019 Indybay Women’s rights vs corporate rights
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, known as ’RCEP,’ is a huge free trade agreement with potentially dire consequences for millions of women around the world. -
24-Apr-2019 Malaysia Kini RCEP - trade unions seek consultation by the government
Trade union representatives seek meaningful consultation by the government in the negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or RCEP. -
19-Mar-2019 Forum against FTAs Manifesto for trade justice
We need an alternative regional approach, not only in South Asia but the Asia Pacific region, which does not push so- called ‘free trade’ and investors’ rights at the cost of lives and livelihoods of people, and the life of the planet. -
8-Mar-2019 Via Campesina India: Peasant movements to scrutinise and expose the dangers of RCEP trade agreement
Several prominent peasant movements in India are holding a ‘National level consultation on the Impact of RCEP and other tree trade agreements on farmers and farming in India’ on 13th March in New Delhi. -
27-Feb-2019 Philippine civil society letter on RCEP & plant variety protection
The undersigned signatories are writing to strongly stress that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations must not place any obligation on the Philippines or any other developing country to join or implement UPOV systems -
27-Feb-2019 Malaysian civil society & farmer groups’ memorandum on RCEP & plant variety protection
RCEP negotiations must not include obligation to join or implement UPOV systems and in anyway undermine farmers’ rights
