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22-Oct-2019 Times of India Don’t sign free-trade agreement, Swadeshi Jagran Manch tells Centre
Activists of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch on Friday urged the the central government not to take the proposed free-trade agreement, the RCEP forward. -
21-Oct-2019 People Dispatch RCEP: As deadline looms, trade unions call out dangerous clauses
Negotiators representing 16 countries have been tasked with arriving at an agreement on the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership by October 19 but trade unions say the deal has grave consequences. -
21-Oct-2019 Solidaritas Perempuan Surat terbuka untuk Presiden dan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia periode 2019 – 2024
Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil untuk Keadilan Ekonomi menyampaikan pandangan mengenai keikutsertaan Indonesia dalam perundingan RCEP karena jelas akan berpengaruh terhadap kehidupan rakyat Indonesia. -
17-Oct-2019 Down To Earth Experts warn about the dangers of signing RCEP
At a media interaction in New Delhi, experts from civil society organisations enumerated damages that could be caused to various sectors of the Indian economy if India signed the deal. -
16-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice RCEP: What is at stake for India and its people
Real lives and livelihoods are at stake. That is why people are saying ‘No’ to RCEP! -
13-Oct-2019 Madhyam India and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: key issues and implications
RCEP militates against several of India’s critical interests. At least two countries from among the participating countries could seriously challenge India’s rural economy since they are seeking to enter the markets for wheat, sugar and dairy products. -
12-Oct-2019 Outlook India SJM to hold nationwide protests from Oct 10-20 against RCEP
The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch on Thursday announced that it would hold a nationwide protest against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). -
10-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice India-China bilateral summit: Civil society expresses concern over Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
People’s movements note with deep concern the developments with respect to India’s position on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -
1-Oct-2019 AFTINET ISDS victory: RCEP won’t allow corporations to sue governments
After seven years of tireless campaigning in Australia and across the region, the Malaysian Trade Minister announced that foreign investor rights to sue governments (ISDS) has been dropped from the RCEP agreement negotiations. -
1-Oct-2019 Forum for Trade Justice Don’t trade our lives away in free trade negotiations
To sign the RCEP and start negotiations on a FTA with the US when the Indian economy is on the brink of economic downturn and needs strong domestic policies is a decision that is not in national or public interest. -
26-Sep-2019 Down To Earth RCEP deal to make investors stronger, people weaker, says trade group
The deal will affect access to medicines and seeds by raising the standards of intellectual property rights, claims Forum of Trade Justice. -
23-Sep-2019 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum 2019 People’s resistance to RCEP intensifies, amplifying #NotoRCEP call!
As governments scramble to save RCEP, peoples from Southeast Asia have consolidated their strong opposition to this ambitious and unjust trade and investment agreement. -
18-Sep-2019 Free Malaysia Today Why race against clock on trade pact ‘shrouded with secrecy’, asks NGO group
A coalition of 61 NGOs has asked the government the reason for racing against the clock in concluding the world’s largest trade pact — the RCEP — with details “shrouded in secrecy”. -
17-Sep-2019 The Conversation Suddenly, the world’s biggest trade agreement won’t allow corporations to sue governments
Malaysia’s trade minister Datuk Darell Leiking revealed that Malaysia and each of the other 15 parties to the RCEP negotiations had agreed to exclude ISDS provisions from the deal. -
16-Sep-2019 Tribune India Farmers urge PM to withdraw from RCEP
Farmers say pact to join regional economic partnership will unsettle domestic farming. -
28-Aug-2019 AFTINET Indonesian civil society groups protest RCEP trade deal
Indonesian civil society groups protested against the RCEP trade agreement last Friday, arguing that the agreement promotes corporate rights over people’s rights -
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.
