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24-Jul-2017 The Hindu Protests commence before global ASEAN meet
Meet witnesses fiery speeches from grassroots workers. -
21-Jul-2017 Newsclick Who benefits from RCEP - the world’s largest free trade agreement?
This video highlights various critical aspects of RCEPs corporate agenda.
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19-Jul-2017 Cold reception to RCEP as people’s resistance consolidates
At a press conference held today in New Delhi, researchers and academics expressed concern about the likely impact of RCEP on areas like agriculture, services, access to medicines, investment and e-commerce, flagging the growing popular rejection of this mega-regional FTA -
19-Jul-2017 AFTINET Show support for people’s protest at RCEP talks in India
Support farmers, workers and communities protesting TPP-like proposals on seeds, medicines, services and corporate powers to sur governments in Hyderabad! -
15-Jul-2017 Focus on the Global South Call for solidarity and participation! People’s summit against FTAs and RCEP
22-26 July 2017. Hyderabad, India. -
13-Jul-2017 Al Jazeera ’Don’t make decisions about us, without us’
Free trade agreements scripted by powerful governments and corporations destroy rural areas. Peasants will resist them! -
13-Jul-2017 APWLD No RCEP Campaign: Stop trading away human rights
The ’No RCEP’ campaign urges governments to consider the adverse impact of the mega free trade agreement
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1-Jun-2017 Focus on the Global South Civil society interventions on the RCEP
In the recent “RCEP 18th Round of Talks,” members of civil society organizations and social movements presented their positions vis-à-vis the RCEP. -
9-May-2017 Focus on the Global South Labor groups raise grave concerns over RCEP
Representatives from major trade unions in both the public and private sectors have raised serious concerns on the possible impacts of the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP) which is currently being negotiated in Manila. -
8-May-2017 Forum on FTAs Stop trading workers’ rights over profits
RCEP magnifies existing inequalities and discriminates against women, indigenous peoples, people living with HIV or other illnesses, people with disabilities,rural communities, farmers and workers -
4-May-2017 APWLD Asia Pacific CSOs get ready for No RCEP week of action with release of video
Civil society groups say no to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -
27-Apr-2017 Forum against FTAs Employment crisis and free trade agreements( FTAs) : Why workers should reject RCEP
Trade unions, farmers groups, health activists, and other people’s movements are planning to organise a series of events to put pressure on the Government of India to withdraw from RCEP negotiations. -
4-Apr-2017 Forum against FTAs India: People’s groups reject RCEP
Around 100 representatives of people’s movements from southern Indian states gathered at the Indian Social Institute, Bangalore from 2-3 April to discuss the implications of the proposed mega free trade agreement - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). -
30-Mar-2017 La Via Campesina South India: Workshop - Understanding RCEP and its implications
A workshop is being convened in early April to build collective capacities on trade agreements in general and RCEP in particular. The workshop will be held in Bangalore, a city in South India -
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur Anti-TPP protesters clash with riot police in Chile
Riot police clashed with protesters in Viña Del Mar, where representatives of the 11 remaining member states of the Trans Pacific Partnership together with China, Colombia and South Korea met. -
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump’s exit
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead. -
3-Mar-2017 MSF RCEP investment chapter presents a grave threat to access to medicines
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) raises concerns over provisions under negotiation in the RCEP investment chapter that threaten to restrict access to affordable medicines for millions of people -
1-Mar-2017 Trade Justice Pilipinas Resist RCEP and corporate trade deals- Trade Justice Pilipinas
Trade Justice Pilipinas a broad platform campaigning for just trade and investment policies expresses its opposition to international economic agreements like Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and other new generation FTAs that advance corporate agenda over peoples rights and welfare. -
28-Feb-2017 Info Justice Statement of public interest principles for copyright protection under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Civil Society Statement concerning about the copyright protection standards proposed for the RCEP IP Chapter. -
3-Feb-2017 Focus Time to terminate trade & investment agreements allowing corporations to sue government
The recent investment arbitral decision against the Philippines in favor of the Belgian corporation should be a wake up call on the dangers posed by free trade and investment agreements.