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EU-PH FTA protest action in the Philippines
3-Jun-2016 CHD APIRD
Health groups register their contempt for the upcoming EU-Philippines Free Trade Agreement.
TiSA undermines COP21 action says analysis of leaked annex on Energy
31-May-2016 PSI
Greenpeace, trade unions and the global trade network Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) claim TiSA is the latest secretly negotiated trade deal that undermines climate change action.
Citra Mina workers
25-May-2016 Focus
The Philippine government is hoping the EU-Philippines FTA wil facilitate more tuna exports to the EU, but the industry is riddled with issues of low wages, unfair labor practices, poor and slave-like working conditions.
Signing away sovereignty
24-May-2016 TNI
The Philippines has a web of investment treaties which severely constrain the government’s ability to regulate or close polluting mines, a legal straitjacket that will become even tighter if the EU–Philippines Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) proceed
Local politics enters the global contest
23-May-2016 TNI
European municipalities join the battle against TTIP to protect sovereignty and public services, demonstrating how to take political initiative and build an alternative economy
Le TAFTA avant l’heure - tout comprendre au traité UE-Canada
20-May-2016 AITEC
Dans l’ombre du traité transatlantique entre l’Union européenne et les États-Unis (TAFTA), les chefs d’États de l’UE pourraient bientôt approuver un accord de commerce et d’investissement tout aussi inquiétant.
6th global to local webinar on May 24th
20-May-2016 Local Futures
The Global to Local Webinar Series addresses key issues in the global to local debate.
Shameless attempt to quietly institutionalise ISDS throughout Europe
19-May-2016 S2B
A new leak reveals that 5 EU member states are proposing to introduce investor-to-state dispute settlement for all cross-border investments within the EU.
TTIP will damage public health and climate, says official report
16-May-2016 War on Want
The controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will have negative effects on public health, jobs and the climate, according to the official impact assessment.
Leaked TTIP documents: threats to regulatory protections
4-May-2016 Public Citizen
Europe, beware. The leaked TTIP text confirms that the United States is trying to export its failed regulatory model.
TTIP trade deal poses serious threat to EU farming
28-Apr-2016 Friends of the Earth Europe
The controversial trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could spell disaster for European farming, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe.
Press Release: RCEP Asia’s mega-regional FTA means mega impact for people in India and the region
21-Apr-2016 Forum Against FTAs
As the 12th round of trade negotiations for the RCEP commence in Perth (Australia) from 22 April onwards, several civil society organisations in India have raised concerns around transparency and possible negative impacts on several issues ranging from access to medicines, tax policy, investor rights and farmers access to seeds.
Perth public forum: TPP & RCEP trade deals
15-Apr-2016 AFTINET
A round of negotiations towards the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will take place in Perth at the end of April, and the TPP is under review by a parliamentary committee. AFTINET and UnionsWA invite to attend a public forum on the TPP and RCEP, Thursday the 28th of April, 2016.
RCEP: Round twelve and beyond. call for coordinated action in Asia Pacific by Forum against FTAs
15-Apr-2016 Forum against FTAs
Forum against FTAs (India) is calling for action against the next round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amongst 16 Asian countries, that will be held as a five-day meeting in Perth, Australia starting from April 22, 2016.
We oppose the negotiations of the EU-Mercosur FTA going forward
14-Apr-2016 CADTM
We, ATTAC Argentina, members of the CADTM – AYNA network, express our opposition to the negotiations, recently relaunched by the Mauricio Macri government, to sign a Free Trade Treaty (FTA) between the countries of Mercosur and the European Union.
First pan-European meeting of “local authorities and the new generation of free trade agreements”
24-Mar-2016 No al TTIP
The first pan-European meeting of “local authorities and the new generation of free trade agreements” will be held in Barcelona on 21 and 22 April 2016.
Organisations condemn Eco Oro Minerals’ warning that it could sue Colombia over efforts to protect water sources
16-Mar-2016 CIEL
The Canadian company’s Angostura mining project in the high-altitude wetlands, or páramo, of Santurbán, has announced that it could file an international arbitration suit against Colombia over measures to protect the páramo, which are important sources of water in the country.
US and EU trade union leaders: TTIP negotiations ’On the wrong course’
15-Mar-2016 ETUC
AFL-CIO and ETUC stressed that the current negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are on the wrong course.
10 years post “el NO” to the FTAAs, we double our resistance against free trade treaties for a project for the people.
13-Mar-2016 Alba Movimientos Capítulo Argentina
A decade after the popular victory that led to burying the FTAAs in the City of Mar del Plata, a number of organizations and popular movements in Argentina assemble as part of a continental day
Open letter to Věra Jourová: from Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield, words in the wind
10-Mar-2016 La Quadrature du Net
The "Privacy Shield", an agreement stemming from an exchange of letters, only contains vague promises.