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Trump’s US-Malaysia deal: cementing extractivist colonialism
15-Dec-2025     Public Citizen
The recently unveiled US-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade—signed by Donald Trump on October 26, 2025—is not just a trade pact; it’s a high-stakes, asymmetrical deal that prioritizes US strategic interests over Malaysia’s industrial sovereignty.
Civil society letter to ASEAN member states on the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) Negotiations
11-Dec-2025     Third World Network
People's movement are express deep concern and disappointment at the lack of public participation, transparency, and open government processes in the ongoing negotiations of the Digital Economy Framework Agreement to the ASEAN member states.
Critical minerals trade agreements put profits over human rights and the environment, warn 35+ organizations
10-Dec-2025     Public Citizen
Public Citizen joins 35 civil society, environmental, faith, and human rights organizations today in calling on the Trump administration to halt any ongoing negotiations on critical minerals agreements.
Frozen assets, hot claims: How Russian oligarchs and other investors sue over sanctions
9-Dec-2025     European Trade Justice Coalition
Economic sanctions against Russia are now being challenged by Russian oligarchs and companies in private tribunals using a mechanism written into investment treaties.
Parliament nearly blocks Morocco’s labelling grab
2-Dec-2025     WSRW
EU lawmakers today had a golden opportunity to stand up for European consumers. Backed by a solid majority, the Parliament came close to overturning the Commission.
Webinar: Breaking down Trump's trade attacks & global solidarity efforts [updated with the recordings]
2-Dec-2025     OWINFS & ETJC
Join us in calling on governments to stop appeasing Trump. Learn how your work fits into this movement and how you can join us in pushing for resistance and creating a better world.
Beyond tariffs Silicon Valley's war on digital sovereignty
28-Nov-2025     TNI
Trump’s consolidation with Silicon Valley signals a reconfiguration of digital political economy, where US trade policy, technological dominance, and data governance converge.
These are the MEPs who voted for ignoring the CJEU
28-Nov-2025     Western Sahara Resource Watch
187 Parliamentarians voted to ignore the ruling of the CJEU, the interests of EU farmers, the rights of the EU consumers and the aspirations of the Saharawi people. Here they are.
Webinar : Unpacking the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA)
28-Nov-2025     Youtube
Unpacking the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA): risk and threats of investor lawsuit to state for people, environment, and democracy.
Banking on data
27-Nov-2025     TNI
How the world’s tax havens became the data centres for the digital economy.