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US-Malaysia trade deal threatens medicines regulation
The recent US trade deal restricts the rights of Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), to conduct its own assessments of safety, efficacy and quality, reflecting national health needs and regulatory priorities.
EU-Mercosur mobilisations continue as farmers ask MEPs to uphold democracy and vote to seek CJEU opinion on the legality of the agreement
As farmers continue to mobilise against the EU-Mercosur FTA across Europe this week, ECVC and its members are calling on MEPs to take a stand for democracy, legality, and the rule of law in the European Union.
Water defenders celebrate ruling against US gold company’s claim
A major victory against an exploitative corporate lawsuit in Guatemala.
Map: Big Tech expands global assault on digital rules
Big Tech companies are dramatically expanding their hit list to undermine digital regulations around the world, according to a new interactive map released by Public Citizen.
EU countries green light EU-Mercosur agreement: farmers ignored, democracy sidelined
The European Coordination Via Campesina strongly condemns the decision by a majority of EU Member States to clear the way for the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, despite widespread opposition from farmers across Europe and South America.
Statement from the Peaceful Resistance La Puya to the Guatemalan and international community in response to the decision of the international arbitration tribunal (ICSID) in KCA v. Guatemala
This is an opportune moment for Guatemala review the commitments it has made in investment treaties and decide, weighing the costs and benefits, whether or not to remain in his system.
The EU–Morocco agreement is illegal and unjust
The EU-Morocco agreement favours powerful lobbies and actors, marginalises European farmers and the Sahrawi people, and fails to comply with international law.
Trump’s deals with Latin American countries advance Big Tech’s global agenda
Continuing the spree of trade agreements being negotiated by the Trump administration, November saw the announcement of four more agreements — with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Academic open letter on ISDS and UK climate policy
A group of 56 UK-affiliated academics has written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband MP, warning that Investor-State Dispute Settlement poses a serious risk to the UK’s ability to take effective climate action.
Big Tech presses for expanded giveaways in upcoming USMCA review
New analysis of public comments by lobbyists for the tech industry shows that Big Tech is aggressively pushing for even more deregulatory giveaways, despite the agreement already tilting heavily in their favor.