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Colombians continue protesting despite dialogue in Boyaca
29-Aug-2013     Prensa Latina
Tension in Colombia will increase with another great mobilization scheduled for [today] which is expected to be massive due to the guilds that will join, including the Sudent Wide National Bureau and Workers' Trade Union of Petroleum Industry (USO).
Colombia farmers' strikes spread to cities
29-Aug-2013     3 News
Nationwide agricultural strikes are continuing in Colombia after more than a week of ongoing roadblocks, marches and clashes with the police.
TPP sides set to keep food safety regimes
28-Aug-2013     Japan Times
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety standards as the subject is not being discussed in the free-trade talks, negotiation sources said Wednesday.
Minimal progress made at 19th round of TPP negotiations
28-Aug-2013    
Minimal progress has been achieved on most outstanding areas in the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations taking place in Brunei since Aug 22.
No deal on Colombia farmers' strike after night of talks
28-Aug-2013     BBC
Representatives of Colombian farmers' groups and government ministers say they have not yet been able to reach a deal to end a 10-day strike.
First Nations loses bid to block Canada-China FIPA treaty
28-Aug-2013     The Canadian Press
Canada's Federal Court has dismissed an application by an aboriginal band in British Columbia to stay the Canada-China investment treaty until First Nations have been consulted.
Fast-track: Enabler of the “free trade” agenda
28-Aug-2013     New American
“I have heard the argument that transparency would undermine the administration’s policy to complete the trade agreement because public opposition would be significant,” a US senator wrote. “This argument is exactly backwards. If transparency would lead to widespread opposition to a trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not be the policy of the United States.”
US economic hegemony: Consolidation and deepening of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc
28-Aug-2013     Be Your Own Leader
In many ways, the Pacific Alliance represents a resurgence of the failed U.S. initiated FTAA which was part of an agenda to consolidate corporate control.
Colombian government to negotiate with striking farmers
27-Aug-2013     BBC
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says his government will enter into negotiations with agricultural workers as their strike enters its ninth day.
Building momentum: The anti-free trade strike in Colombia
27-Aug-2013     Counterpunch
As Colombian peasants ended their eighth day of an anti-free trade agreement strike last night by forcing President Juan Manuel Santos to the negotiating table, thousands of protesters banging pots and pans filled the main plaza of the capital Bogota in solidarity.