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'Digital sovereignty must be at core of Pacific e-commerce strategy'
8-Jul-2022     Voxy
The Pacific regional e-commerce strategy needs to be revised as it denies Pacific Island Countries their sovereign right to manage their digital domains, including data, a new report has found.
Six reasons NOT to ratify the EU-Mexico Global Agreement
5-Jul-2022     bilaterals.org
Statement of the Mexican, European and international civil society, 4 July 2022
Civil society calls upon EU and Indonesia to respect the rights of Indonesia’s famers
4-Jul-2022     Indonesia for Global Justice
Close to 90 NGOs and farmers' organisations from Indonesia, the EU and around the world sent open letters to the EU Commission and the Indonesian government today, calling on them to refrain from any clause that restrict farmers' rights in a future free trade agreement.
Government: Cut the spin and give a truthful assessment of the EU deal
1-Jul-2022     Scoop
There is much more at stake here than just agriculture, with several chapters seeming to impose restrictions on New Zealand laws and how the government can regulate.
False good news for future EU free trade agreements
27-Jun-2022     European Coordination Via Campesina
ECVC is heavily critical of the lack of ambition shown by the European Commission to tackle only future free trade agreements, meaning the pre-existing FTAs can continue their environmental and social devastation.
'Mad rush to sign FTAs not in interests of farmers'
27-Jun-2022     Deccan Herald
India is inking a series of Free Trade Agreements but there is criticism from various quarters about it. All India Kisan Sabha Joint Secretary Vijoo Krishnan spoke about what is wrong with FTAs and where the government is erring.
Commission’s trade sanctions proposal falls short
23-Jun-2022     Fern
The proposal lacks ambition, especially when it comes to addressing trade’s role in driving climate breakdown.
Physical space in a digital world
20-Jun-2022     Font
Community radio spaces like CKUT have worked to deepen and reorient the mainstream political conversation in profound ways, slowly shifting the focus toward voices calling for transformative social change and justice.
The most worrisome threat to global climate action you’ve likely never heard of
14-Jun-2022     Sierra
How investor-friendly trade agreements might squelch government efforts to halt oil and gas expansion.
“DOWN DOWN WTO!” – Peasants agitate against the 12th Ministerial Conference of WTO
13-Jun-2022     La Via Campesina
During the demonstration, peasants denounced the policies that the WTO has promoted in various countries, that has impoverished and displaced rural families through countless free trade agreements.