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A new colonialist wave through digital trade agreements
15-Nov-2024     Bot Populi
Analyzing the neo-colonial dynamics in digital trade agendas against the backdrop of WTO MC13.
Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
15-Nov-2024     The Conversation
Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New Zealand’s exports but this oversimplifies and diverts attention from the more systemic challenges a second Trump presidency will pose.
Disputed grounds: Gold mining, resistance and investment arbitration in Türkiye
15-Nov-2024     SOMO
Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks for communities.
Climate Hypocrisy ahead of G20: New report exposes the dangers of Milei’s climate-wrecking economic reforms and why the EU-Mercosur trade deal should finally be dropped
13-Nov-2024     CAN Europe
A new report uncovers the climate-wrecking economic shock plans by Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei, and how the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks fueling Argentina’s social-ecological crisis and climate-breakdown.
Kenya terminates Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Netherlands
13-Nov-2024     SOMO
The government of Kenya has officially terminated its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands, marking a significant win for economic justice and environmental protection.
A tsunami of trade agreements: Reflections on 20 years of resistance
12-Nov-2024     bilaterals.org
As trade justice activists, we must be at the forefront of collective organising and mobilising for a new trade system that addresses pressing global challenges.
International investment law and ISDS: Overcoming legal barriers to effective climate action under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement
12-Nov-2024     CIEL
The urgent need to address climate change is hindered by legal barriers within international investment law, particularly through Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms.
This is what the ECJ said on trade in Western Sahara
7-Nov-2024     Western Sahara Resource Watch
WSRW has summarised the key findings of the landmark rulings on Western Sahara of the EU Court of Justice, of 4 October 2024.
EU-Mercosur deal: European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) to mobilize in November
7-Nov-2024     European Coordination Via Campesina
ECVC farmers and civil society organisations from across Europe will mobilise in Brussels in the week commencing 11 November against the European Commission’s desperate attempts to approve the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Honduras against the corporate Goliath
7-Nov-2024     TNI
An impoverished country resisting foreign investors’ claims.