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India signs FTA with ASEAN amidst protests
Labour organisations, farmers, civil society organisations and experts urged the government of India not to implement India-ASEAN FTA
Human rights lawyer institutes proceedings against EU at European Court of Justice in order to improve human rights situation Lebanon
The prominent Lebanese human rights lawyer Dr. Muhamad Mugraby has instituted legal proceedings against the EU at the European Court of Justice invoking its obligations under Article 2 of the Association Agreement with Lebanon, commonly known as the “human rights clause”, in order to improve the human rights situation in Lebanon.
Kerala fights clock in ASEAN free-trade deal
"If this FTA goes through, pepper may cease to be produced in Kerala, the land where it originated," says Thomas Verghese, a distinguished agricultural scientist and chairman of the Kerala State Prices Board
Anti-NAFTA protest "greets" North American leaders in Guadalajara
At least 300 people on Sunday demonstrated against the Fifth North American Leaders' Summit, being held in Guadalajara, capital of western Mexico state Jalisco.
Open letter calls for renegotiating NAFTA and an end to SPP ahead of summit
Common Frontiers, a network of church, labour, environmental, and civil society groups, and the Réseau québcois sur l’Intégration continentale have sent the following open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper ahead of his summit next week with U.S president Barack Obama and Mexican president Felipe Calderón in Guadalajara, Mexico:
FTA with ASEAN will affect farm sector: Kisan Sabha
Maintaining that the agriculture sector would be hit hard if the country implemented the Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN, All India Kisan Sabha today urged the Opposition Congress in Kerala to oppose the proposed treaty in the interest of state farmers.
Nicaragua’s Peasant Movement achieves milestone on the road towards Food Sovereignty
tThe new law establishes a legal framework to regulate the participation of transnational companies and help local organizations and governments to restore local food culture and peasant agriculture despite the CAFTA-DR "free" trade agreement
Unions call for world boycott of Honduran ships
The International Transport Workers' Federation called on its 4.5 million members on Friday to boycott ships flying the Honduran flag to protest the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
156 arrested in Peru anti-government protests
Peru's national police chief says 156 people were arrested during anti-government and anti-free trade protests called by the country's largest labour union.
NGO writes PM Aso to halt Japan biodiesel project
The public believes that the 600,000 hectare biodiesel deal between the Philippines and Japan is the Jpepa in action, says Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya)