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Call to end the WTO and stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements
23-Oct-2013
More than 90 organizations and social movements are part of the Call to End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements. Join us in the EndWTO Bali Week of Action! Sign the call and register.
FTA Watch condemns bid to amend Article 190
18-Oct-2013 The Nation
Thai advocacy group FTA Watch yesterday issued a statement condemning attempts to end legislative scrutiny of negotiations concerning international trade agreements.
EPA is no more
17-Oct-2013 PANG
In a surprise move this week, the European Union has moved to suspend negotiations for a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the islands of the Pacific, ISLANDS BUSINESS has been told.
Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty
17-Oct-2013 rabble.ca
Responding to reports today that Canada and the European Union have concluded negotiations on a massive new corporate rights treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Council of Canadians is demanding that parliament and the public be given an opportunity to review and make changes to the deal, or even to reject it outright, before it can be signed.
After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States
14-Oct-2013 Inside Costa Rica
The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC.
At summit, Kerry’s visit draws 100 anti-TPPA protestors
11-Oct-2013 Malay Mail
About 100 people railed in Kuala Lumpur against the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as US Secretary of State John Kerry rubbed shoulders with Malaysian government officials at an entrepreneurial summit in the capital city.
Calm before the storm? Secretive TTIP talks on hold
10-Oct-2013 ARC
Thanks to the unexpected government shutdown in the US, this week’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks have been postponed. Nevertheless, the EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht said that this “in no way distracts from our overall aim of acheiving an ambitious trade and investment deal”, though the duration of the US government shutdown remains unclear.
APRN calls on governments to drop destructive free trade deal
10-Oct-2013 APRN
The Asia Pacific Research Network calls on participating governments to drop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement altogether after they failed to sign an agreement at the sidelines of the APEC talks in Bali, Indonesia.
Thailand: Assembly of the Poor demanding Thai-EU FTA Talk must not restrain freedom of seed
8-Oct-2013 LVC
Over 100 farmers from Assembly of the Poor gathered in front of Thai Government House in Bangkok late September in a campaign action to scrutinize the implications for farmers’ seeds of the second round of Thai-EU FTA negotiations going on in Chiangmai
Protest against APEC by Gerak Lawan in Indonesia
8-Oct-2013
The Indonesian civil society movement coalition, Gerak Lawan, held a protest on 7 October 2013 in front of the Ministry of Finance as a symbol of the struggle against the liberalization agenda in Indonesia.
EU-US trade deal will lead to a race to the bottom where only big business wins, warns new report
4-Oct-2013 S2B
As the second round of negotiations on the proposed EU-US trade agreement kick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by the Seattle to Brussels Network today reveals the true human and environmental costs of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Patents against people: How drug companies price patients out of survival
2-Oct-2013 Dissent Magazine
The struggle for access to medicine presents a legal and ethical minefield for rich and poor countries alike—one that is being fought out as humanitarians challenge corporations over intellectual property rights.
Colombia anti-free trade strike brings gains for left
27-Sep-2013 Counterpunch
The struggle has made several gains for farmers and the left, writes Steven Mather from Putamayo.
A corporate coup of a different order: The growing resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
27-Sep-2013 Toward Freedom
As the Obama administration ramps up its negotiations and its pursuit of “fast-track” authority, opposition from lawmakers and activists has similarly escalated, reports Toward Freedom.
Indian civil society urges the Prime Minister to review and rescind the damaging US-India bilateral investment treaty
26-Sep-2013
On the occasion of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to the USA, where he is supposed to discuss a Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and the US, the Forum against FTAs, a coalition of over 75 organisations, farmers groups, trade unions and development activists, calls upon the Prime Minister to review and rescind its decision to engage in this damaging treaty.
Protesters urge President Obama to ‘flush’ Pacific trade deal
23-Sep-2013 Politico
A crowd of about 60 activists chanted their disapproval of the proposed agreement outside the office of the US Trade Representative while a juggler wearing a dark business suit and a huge Obama mask repeatedly dropped his bowling pins marked “Jobs,” “Truth” and “Peace”
Trans Pacific free trade deal to drive up medicine costs: global health group
20-Sep-2013 Xinhua
The Global Asthma Network warns that the proposed Pacific-wide free trade agreement could lead to higher costs for essential medicines around the world.
The proposed EU-US free trade agreement and the NHS
20-Sep-2013 International Viewpoint
This treaty, if passed, would represent an enormous challenge to public-owned health services across Europe.
Activists warn of EU FTA dangers
19-Sep-2013 The Nation
While Thai authorities trumpet the progress of the second round of negotiations for a free-trade agreement with the European Union, activists are harsh in their opposition, particularly on the opening up of the pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors.
National farmers and social strike gets seeds control law 970 suspended
18-Sep-2013 RNN
In Colombia after 21 days of a nationwide strike by thousands of farmers, blocking more than 40 roads nationwide, protesting farmers forced the Colombian government to negotiate the rejection of a farm bill and the release of detained protesters. Report from Real News Network.