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A statement of concern about the international investment regime and its impacts on human development and environmental sustainability, supported by academics with expertise in investment law, arbitration, and regulation, from 24 universities across nine countries, is available for sign-on.
The Southern African People’s Network summit ended with a call from more than 350 grassroots representatives for regional governments to reject the imposition of the Economic Partnership Agreements.
Various organizations and social networks in Latin America launched a Continental Campaign against bilateral investment treaties and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
While SADC heads of state and government meet in Windhoek this week, civil society organisations from the region are also holding a two-day meeting in Windhoek called 'The SADC People's Summit'.
From this recent history of Obama’s words and deeds with regards to “free trade” we should expect an offensive, similar in scope and scale to the US military escalation under way around the world, to obtain passage of the Colombia FTA, starting probably right after the November mid-term elections.
On India's Independence Day on 15th August 2010, recalling the fight against colonial powers that came in through the trade route, a people's call for 'Freedom from FTAs' has been given out through the Forum Against FTAs in India
Public Citizen now have exclusive Google maps of the locations of corporations that would gain new rights to challenge public interest laws under the US-Korea FTA.
Today, on 9th August, taking a leaf from the ‘Quit India’ movement for independence of India, retailers and hawkers observed ‘Day of Retail Democracy’ by organizing sit-in protest across India against move to allow foreign direct investment in multibrand retail and negotiations for free trade agreements (FTA).
Civil society groups from the Pacific including churches, trade unions, gender groups, indigenous rights groups and advocacy groups launched a statement calling for a moratorium on negotiations for a new Pacific-wide free trade agreement known as PACER-Plus.
Thirty Australian unions and community groups have asked the Trade Minister to safeguard the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australian local content in media, regulation of GE food, regulation of foreign investment and industry policies that support local employment in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
