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Where is globalisation headed?
31-Jan-2026
The shift in globalisation is not just a bump in the road. It signals a deep transformation of the world economy, its political balances and its power relations.
ISDS vs. the climate: How a colonial-era investment mechanism jeopardises a just transition
30-Jan-2026 CAN Europe
A little-known yet powerful legal mechanism is undermining the energy transition, by enabling fossil fuel companies to sue countries that take climate action.
The law of the jungle
29-Jan-2026 Tribune
Trump’s destructive foreign policy not only reveals the emptiness of the liberal ’rules-based order’, but announces a new approach built on military might and open corporate power.
US tariff policy bulldozing Asia’s agriculture
28-Jan-2026 GRAIN
Asian farmers are bearing the heaviest burden of Washington’s import tariffs. And tariffs are only part of the threat.
Open Letter: Comment on the SIA for the proposed EU-Thailand FTA by FTA Watch
26-Jan-2026 FTA Watch
Thai civil society organizations submitted an open letter on 23 January 2026, provides critical feedback on the Draft Inception Report of the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the proposed EU–Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The letter highlights key concerns regarding the adequacy and balance of the SIA’s current scope and methodology.
Peasant organizations worldwide express solidarity with French peasants facing criminalization
23-Jan-2026 Vía Campesina
On January 14, 2026, 52 farmers from the Confédération Paysanne were detained following a peaceful occupation of the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris.
Shell files new arbitration against the Netherlands over Groningen gas field closure
22-Jan-2026 SOMO
Shell is suing the Netherlands in yet another attempt to evade its responsibility for decades of gas extraction in Groningen.
ECVC celebrates important victory on EU-Mercosur in the European Parliament
21-Jan-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
ECVC warmly welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in which MEPs voted in favour of requesting an opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union on the compatibility of the proposed EU–Mercosur agreement.
Global civil society statement on Trump’s trade threats
21-Jan-2026 European Trade Justice Coalition
Trump is using tariffs and trade threats to bully other countries in order to maintain US global power. Even though existing trade rules were shaped by US corporations, recently this hasn’t been enough to guarantee US dominance, so Trump is turning to brute force.
US-Malaysia trade deal threatens medicines regulation
21-Jan-2026 AFTINET
The recent US trade deal restricts the rights of Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), to conduct its own assessments of safety, efficacy and quality, reflecting national health needs and regulatory priorities.
EU-Mercosur mobilisations continue as farmers ask MEPs to uphold democracy and vote to seek CJEU opinion on the legality of the agreement
20-Jan-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
As farmers continue to mobilise against the EU-Mercosur FTA across Europe this week, ECVC and its members are calling on MEPs to take a stand for democracy, legality, and the rule of law in the European Union.
Water defenders celebrate ruling against US gold company’s claim
15-Jan-2026 Institute for Policy Studies
A major victory against an exploitative corporate lawsuit in Guatemala.
Map: Big Tech expands global assault on digital rules
14-Jan-2026 Public Citizen
Big Tech companies are dramatically expanding their hit list to undermine digital regulations around the world, according to a new interactive map released by Public Citizen.
EU countries green light EU-Mercosur agreement: farmers ignored, democracy sidelined
9-Jan-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
The European Coordination Via Campesina strongly condemns the decision by a majority of EU Member States to clear the way for the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, despite widespread opposition from farmers across Europe and South America.
Statement from the Peaceful Resistance La Puya to the Guatemalan and international community in response to the decision of the international arbitration tribunal (ICSID) in KCA v. Guatemala
8-Jan-2026 Resistencia Pacífica La Puya
This is an opportune moment for Guatemala review the commitments it has made in investment treaties and decide, weighing the costs and benefits, whether or not to remain in his system.
The EU–Morocco agreement is illegal and unjust
5-Jan-2026 bilaterals.org
The EU-Morocco agreement favours powerful lobbies and actors, marginalises European farmers and the Sahrawi people, and fails to comply with international law.
Trump’s deals with Latin American countries advance Big Tech’s global agenda
22-Dec-2025 Public Citizen
Continuing the spree of trade agreements being negotiated by the Trump administration, November saw the announcement of four more agreements — with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Academic open letter on ISDS and UK climate policy
22-Dec-2025 Trade Justice Movement
A group of 56 UK-affiliated academics has written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband MP, warning that Investor-State Dispute Settlement poses a serious risk to the UK’s ability to take effective climate action.
Big Tech presses for expanded giveaways in upcoming USMCA review
19-Dec-2025 Public Citizen
New analysis of public comments by lobbyists for the tech industry shows that Big Tech is aggressively pushing for even more deregulatory giveaways, despite the agreement already tilting heavily in their favor.
EMB and ECVC farmers mobilise at Liège airport: “No to the EU-Mercosur agreement, yes to a strong CAP and the regulation of agricultural markets!”
18-Dec-2025 European Coordination Via Campesina
Farmers from Mig, AbL, FUGEA, Boerenforum, and La Confédération Paysanne gathered at this key hub for international trade with a common message that firmly rejects the EU-Mercosur treaty.