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At least 10 Japanese cyclists will participate in a "Peace Cycle" in Metro Manila that started Tuesday, joining local militant groups in opposing the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
"This trade deal may have a bigger impact on New Zealand than most other government actions this year. Yet the public and parliament are still in the dark about its content only five weeks before it will be signed," says Trade Spokesperson and Green Co-leader Dr. Russel Norman.
Declaration of civil society organisations at the meeting of the Africa Trade Network, Cape Town, South Africa, 22 February 2008
A two-day national agrarian strike against a pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States ended on Wednesday February 20th, leaving four farmers dead after President Alan Garcia declared a state of emergency and ordered a violent crackdown.
Interview with Jun Gi-Hoan, General Secretary of Korean Peasants League
Peru's government declared a state of emergency after a farmers' protest left at least four dead and more than 700 under arrest. Farmers called the nationwide protest to push for state subsidies as part of a free-trade agreement with the US, for lower prices for fertilizers and for a halt to farm seizures by banks. "The government has lost all credibility,'' protest organisers said.
Peruvian farmers upset over a free trade deal with the United States blocked rail service to the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu on Monday and paralyzed vast swaths of the Andean country by halting traffic on key highways.
A South Korean lawmaker has locked himself inside a parliamentary committee room to try to block moves to ratify a free trade deal with the United States
A scheduled parliamentary discussion on the ratification of a South Korea-US free trade deal was called off Monday as members of the Democratic Labour Party blockaded the meeting venue. Meanwhile, the head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions -- a militant labor umbrella group -- left for a trip to the United States Monday, vowing to nullify the motion in cooperation with US labor groups.
A part of the mass movement against the EU EPAs is drawing the conclusion that they have to find other partners in the fight against neo-liberalism. The coalition we need is an international one, of the working people and poor, that struggles against capitalism.
