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29-Oct-2019 South Indian Farmers’ Movements Peasants and small scale food producers in India intensify their protest against RCEP free trade agreement
On 24th October and thereafter, thousands of farmers organized under the Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movement (ICCFM) and ally groups carried out coordinated actions and demonstrations reject RCEP. -
29-Oct-2019 The Hindu Farmers’ organisations call for rejecting RCEP agreement
The leaders of various farmers’ associations in the State have called upon the Union government to reject the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. -
29-Oct-2019 Trade Justice Unions Call for regional action against RCEP
Unions in Asia Pacific hold a series of synchronised actions, to voice their positions and opposition to RCEP deal. -
28-Oct-2019 Indonesia for Global Justice Tidak mengatur mekanisme ISDS dalam RCEP sudah tepat
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) menilai tidak diaturnya mekanisme ISDS di dalam Perjanjian RCEP adalah langkah tepat yang dilakukan oleh Pemerintah Indonesia. -
28-Oct-2019 The Hindu Business Line Farmers’nation-wide protests against RCEP go unnoticed
The widespread protests by hundreds of farmers across the country against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) went unnoticed by and large. -
25-Oct-2019 Indian Express Karnataka farmers, planters oppose proposed Free Trade Agreement
The farmers from Mandya, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hassan and other districts staged a massive protest against the proposal as they are apprehensive that the duty-free import of milk products will affect their livelihood. -
24-Oct-2019 BusinessLine Telangana farmers plan protests against RCEP on Oct 25
The All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) will organise protests, demanding the Union Government to withdraw from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). -
24-Oct-2019 ANI Shivamogga Milk Federation, farmers oppose RECP pact, demands exclusion of milk
Shivamogga Milk Federation along with milk producers staged a protest against the inclusion of milk in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. -
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.