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Bolivia Social Forum to condemn FTA
The Social Summit for the People's Integration, to be held in December in Cochabamba, will condemn Washington-encouraged free trade agreements, members of the organizing committee informed.
FTA Watch calls on Prime Minister to stop all FTAs until law on international agreements is enacted
About 100 representatives from FTA Watch gathered in front of the Government House in Bangkok to submit a letter to PM Surayud Chulanont calling for a halt in all ongoing FTA negotiations and in signing the concluded ones.
Workshop on “Malaysia-US free trade agreement: Issues, implications and challenges” - summary report
Report of a workshop jointly organized by the Third World Network (TWN) and the Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) on 6 September 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. The workshop was attended by more than 100 participants representing government ministries and agencies, policy makers, NGOs, civil society groups, academics, local industries, professional bodies, trade unions, farmers and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Police alert over FTA demonstration
Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.
Anti-FTA groups denied state subsidies
The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.
Alliance forged vs RP-Japan trade pact
From militants to high society matrons, citizens' groups have embarked on a joint effort to fight the ratification of a controversial Philippine-Japan economic agreement they fear would turn the country into a “garbage republic” for Japan's toxic and hazardous waste.
Anti-free trade alliance demands end to talks on US-Malaysia pact
Dozens of placard-waving Malaysians on Monday demanded the suspension of a proposed free trade agreement between Malaysia and the United States as officials from the two countries began a new round of negotiations.
Farmers picket Japanese embassy over economic pact
About 20 Filipino farmers picketed outside the Japanese embassy Friday to protest the Japanese-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Border Social Forum
Women, men, youth, Indigenous Peoples and Nations, social organizations, unions, farmers, promoters of human rights and defenders of environmental justice in the border states of Mexico and the United States denounce the free trade agreements that attempt to do away with the food sovereignty of nations and peoples.
Militant protests greet Korea-US FTA negotiations
Militant protests have taken place daily during the fourth round of negotiations for the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.