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Ignore European Union, don’t sign EPA, group tells Nigerian government
22-Aug-2016 Premium Times
Social Action has asked the federal government to not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. Ghana and Ivory Coast have also resisted the EPA
Three more reasons why we need to stop CETA
16-Aug-2016 Common Dreams
A major topic of discussion at the World Social Forum in Montreal was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them, writes Nick Dearden
SEATINI statement on inherent dangers of signing the EAC-EU EPA
15-Aug-2016 SEATINI
Preserving and consolidating the East African Community market should be of priority to all the EAC partner states — not prematurely signing the EU’s free trade agreement.
See how the controversial plantations boomed in the desert
11-Aug-2016 Western Sahara Resource Watch
The large increase of plantation infrastructure in occupied Western Sahara at the time when Morocco and the EU were negotiating a trade agreement suggests that the Moroccan government and the Moroccan/French companies involved had expected the trade agreement to go through.
Free people from ‘dictatorship’ of 0.01%
10-Aug-2016 Deccan Chronicle
Through RCEP, Asian countries may be dragged into the TPP under pressure of harmonisation, especially on issues related to seed, warns Vandana Shiva
RCEP: Transparency in trade talks sought
10-Aug-2016 The Hindu
With India set to become a signatory to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a new trade pact with 15 countries including China, experts and civil society organisations in Kerala have stepped up the demand for transparency in trade and tariff negotiations.
How the Dutch could derail CETA
9-Aug-2016 New Internationalist
As thousands discuss free trade at the World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada’s experience with NAFTA may offer lessons for the Netherlands, writes Niels Jongerius
Third World Network slams ratification of EPA by parliament
8-Aug-2016 Pulse
The Third World Network has slammed the haste with which parliament debated and approved the Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana (as a member of ECOWAS) and the European Union.
Civil society groups say No to investors suing States in RCEP
3-Aug-2016
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement.
Asia-Pacific peoples movements come together to challenge RCEP
29-Jul-2016
More than 80 participants met on 27-28 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to take stock of the new generation of mega regional free trade agreements (FTAs) emerging in the region.
Written opinion on RCEP to South Korean Government and request for a face-to-face meeting and public hearings
27-Jul-2016 Occupy FTA
The Korean negotiators failed to abide by the free and fair trade principle and negotiate RCEP in a way that violates treaties on trade and the generally accepted international laws and regulations.
Musicians, actors set to campaign against the Pacific trade deal
22-Jul-2016 The Hill
A group of entertainers is hitting the road to kick off a campaign to build opposition against a Pacific trade agreement.
TPP, WTO and Japan’s rice
20-Jul-2016 NOUMINREN
At the time of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement, Japan accepted the import of Minimum Access (MA) rice. This situation will get worse by the additional import quotas set by the TPP.
New trade deals legalise corporate theft, make farmers’ seeds illegal
18-Jul-2016 GRAIN
FTAs negotiated outside the WTO go further and help US and European corporations get what they weren’t able to achieve under TRIPS.
Argentina says no to Free Trade Agreements
15-Jul-2016
A chronicle of the public audience organized by the Assembly “Argentina better off without free trade agreements”.
Say no to trade pacts with China: civic groups
23-Jun-2016 Taiwan Post
Civic groups protested outside the Executive Yuan on Monday, calling on the new government to reject any notions of signing trade in goods and services agreements with mainland China.
Do the CETA CHECK
17-Jun-2016 Stop TTIP
Ask Members of the European Parliament about the planned free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA). Let’s remove the secrecy behind CETA and bring the discussion out into the open!
Greenpeace calls on Italy to reconsider position on EU-Canada trade deal
13-Jun-2016 Greenpeace
Bypassing of national parliaments would be anti-democratic
Civil society letter to countries negotiating Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
13-Jun-2016 TWN
We call on countries negotiating the RCEP agreement and to protect the flexibilities available under the WTO TRIPS agreement for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
In Greece, standing against free trade agreements is standing for the planet
9-Jun-2016 TTIP Free Zones Europe
Aristoteli joined a growing movement of local authorities opposed to CETA and TTIP to deny the building of a polluter’s paradise