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‘Mafia investments against Honduras’. New report exposes corporate demands after coup d'état
3-Oct-2024     bilaterals.org
A new report, 'Mafia investments against Honduras', examines the worrying situation in which the Central American country finds itself in the face of claims brought by transnational corporations before international arbitration tribunals.
Ecuadorian rights defenders
2-Oct-2024     TIRP
Women leaders engaged in dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against trade talks aimed at expanding and attracting Canadian investment in resource extraction projects in ecologically vulnerable regions.
The peasant women of La Via Campesina in Africa are saying NO to the WTO and the FTAs
17-Sep-2024     Via Campesina
Global resistance to free trade intensifies: International day of action against the WTO and free trade agreements
A new framework for trade based on food sovereignty
16-Sep-2024     Nyéléni
The current international trade order was established to support the expansion of transnational companies and to keep colonial powers in control of the world’s natural resources.
Farmers, food and freedom
13-Sep-2024     Transform Trade
How trade deals are undermining the right to seeds.
Day of action against the WTO and FTAs: Statement of organizations in Canada and the US
12-Sep-2024     La Vía Campesina
Organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United State recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies.
Serbia's lithium gamble: Reviving Rio Tinto's mine amidst protests and economic promises
12-Sep-2024     TNI
In 2021, Rio Tinto filed a notice of dispute related to the government announcement to cancel the Lithium project in the Jadar Valley under the UK-Serbia bilateral investment agreement.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): for whose benefit?
11-Sep-2024     bilaterals.org
This webinar, scheduled on Thursday 12 September 2024, aims is to collectively reflect on what does this trade deal mean for ordinary Africans in a time of deep climate, economic and food crises.
A portrait of transnational power in Mexico: the investment protection system and its consequences
9-Sep-2024     TNI
This report looks at Mexico’s investment protection regime and outlines its main consequences for the country.
NFUniversity: Colonial roots of modern free trade agreements
9-Sep-2024     NFU
This talk explored the colonial origins of modern international trade. Geopolitics, power relations, and corporate interests have shaped trade rules for over 500 years before it reached its current form.