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Farmer and peasant organisations from Europe and South America unite against the “modernisation” of the EU-Chile Free Trade Agreement
20-Nov-2023     European Coordination Via Campesina
The following analysis outlines some of the main reasons why the signatory organisations reject both the modernisation of the EU-Chile agreement and the European Commission’s attempt to propose an interim agreement in order to accelerate the conclusion of this FTA.
Eight reasons why we say NO to Chile-EU Free Trade Agreement
17-Nov-2023     Chile Mejor Sin TLC
It is absurd to consider Chile equal to the European Union in terms of industrialization, education, or access to economic and social rights, as the treaty does.
Free trade and debt: the two sides of neocolonialism
16-Nov-2023     bilaterals.org
Highlights from the workshop organised in Marrakesh by Attac Maroc, bilaterals.org, CADTM Africa, GRAIN and the Tunisian Observatory of Economy.
Energy giant RWE withdraws billion-euro claim against the Netherlands
15-Nov-2023     SOMO
German energy company RWE has announced its intention to withdraw its international arbitration proceedings against the Dutch state at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Clive Palmer uses another trade agreement to sue Australia, again, for $A69 billion over refusal of Waratah coal mine permit
14-Nov-2023     AFTINET
Billionaire Clive Palmer is using the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism against Australia because the permits for a coal mining project were refused for environmental reasons, including their contribution to increased carbon emissions.
EU-Mercosur: the European Union’s dirty plastic secret
10-Nov-2023     Greenpeace
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement is could be a disaster for the fight against plastic pollution.
It’s time to exit ISDS: 200+ labor, environment, and other civil society groups urge Biden to eliminate extreme corporate powers from existing trade pacts
3-Nov-2023     Public Citizen
The groups argue that removing ISDS — which has prioritized corporate rights over those of governments, people, and the planet — is needed to protect policies necessary for a clean energy transition.
To strengthen ties with countries in the Americas and deliver on climate, health, and democracy APEP goals, Pres. Biden should launch all-Americas exit of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) regime
30-Oct-2023     Rethink Trade
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement regime to date has generated $47 billion in pending corporate demands for taxpayer compensation in claims against the 12 APEP nations’ climate, health, and other public-interest policies.
UK at risk of lawsuits if Pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics
25-Oct-2023     Global Justice Now
The UK faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits if the Pacific trade deal is not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics in a joint letter published today.
IPEF negotiations: Maori demand direct representation and comprehensive protections for rights of Indigenous peoples
24-Oct-2023     AFTINET
Māori Indigenous peoples have said in the recently released Ngā Toki Whakarururanga position paper that they that they have been denied direct independent sovereign representation in negotiations in the Indo-Pacific Economic Forum.