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Ecuador said “no” to international arbitration: a sovereign decision with international resonance in the fight against ISDS
24-Apr-2024    
April 21st has been a historic day. The Ecuadorian people voted massively NO in the referendum question about whether Ecuador should return to arbitration.
Between sovereignty and corporate interests: what is at stake in the Ecuadorian referendum?
21-Apr-2024     Bilaterals.org
On 21 April 2024, the government of Daniel Noboa is holding a referendum in Ecuador to amend the country's constitution and, in particular, to reactivate the dangerous investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Podcast: The secret world of investor courts
12-Apr-2024     Global Justice Now
The Secret World of Investor Courts is a podcast made by the Global Justice Now Youth Network, exploring corporate power, colonialism and climate justice.
100 organizations from around the world call on Ecuador to defend its sovereignty against international arbitration: No to ISDS!
10-Apr-2024     International organisations
Various organisations express their support for Ecuador's rejection of international arbitration tribunals in a gesture of international solidarity.
AfCFTA digital trade protocol: Unveiling critical flaws
9-Apr-2024     bilaterals.org
In the turbulent waters of the digital economy, where technological innovation is outpacing regulatory frameworks, the leaked African Continental Free Trade Area protocol on digital trade raises deep concerns.
An urgent call from European trade unions: Suspend the Association Agreement with Israel
3-Apr-2024     ETUN Palestine
We, the undersigned European trade unions, are calling on the EU and European countries to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel as well as bilateral treaties in light of grave violations of human rights by the Israeli Government.
Trade and climate internationalism
2-Apr-2024     The Ecologist
Trade deals are used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we can make a difference.
EU-Chile trade agreement: broad cross-border data flow commitment with country without adequacy status
1-Apr-2024     Vrijschrift
The European Parliament gave consent to the EU - Chile trade agreement. The agreement’s digital chapter contains a new, broad cross-border data flow commitment, while Chile does not have a data protection adequacy status.
Reject EU-PH FTA as serious concerns continue to hound ambitious corporate trade deal
25-Mar-2024     Focus on the Global South
Trade Justice Pilipinas questions and challenges the assertion of the Philippine government that this EU-Philippines FTA will be beneficial to the Philippines, particularly the Filipino working classes. It is high time that the government abandon the already discredited free market ideology.
EU Court adviser confirms separate and distinct status of Western Sahara
22-Mar-2024     Western Sahara Resource Watch
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has this morning, 21 March 2024, published two Opinions in the appeal case on extending the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement and Trade Liberalisation Agreement into Western Sahara.