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APRN calls on governments to drop destructive free trade deal
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.
RI, Japan agree to renegotiate economic partnership deals
Indonesia and Japan have agreed to renegotiate their economic partnership agreements amid growing concern that the deals had failed to benefit both parties equally.
Ecuador establishes commission to audit investment treaties
Ecuador has established a special commission to audit bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, signed with different countries and by several governments, the country's Foreign Minister said.
Thailand: Assembly of the Poor demanding Thai-EU FTA Talk must not restrain freedom of seed
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
US trade official says to seek TPP deal by year-end
World trade ministers may discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization meeting that starts on Dec. 3, with a goal of reaching a deal by year-end.
Protest against APEC by Gerak Lawan in Indonesia
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.
TTIP: Health sector braced for 'damage control'
While EU-US trade talks are expected to generate great economic benefits on both sides of the Atlantic, the impact of a trade agreement on the EU's healthcare systems will surely be negative, experts warn.