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Why we need to talk about the African free trade area
9-Apr-2021     Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
The AfCFTA will give the African Union the chance to become a strong, independent player in the world economy – at least that is the optimistic forecast. But there are good reasons to cast doubt on the high hopes pinned on the African free trade area.
Rethinking investment law from the ground up: extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties
9-Apr-2021     IISD
For many people affected by resource extraction, it is the prevailing legal regime that dis-embeds and disintegrates, because investment treaties can protect ventures that upend their lives with little scope for voice or redress.
Nobel economist and 100 experts condemn corporate action against Argentina and Bolivia after rollback of failed pension privatization
8-Apr-2021     IPS
Private insurance corporations are suing Argentina and Bolivia for loss of potential profits as a result of the reversal of privatization of pension programs.
Barrick forces hand of Papua New Guinea government in reopening Porgera mine
7-Apr-2021     Mining Watch
Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister Papua New Guinea released a statement announcing that his government will be making a deal with the company in regard to the Porgera Joint Venture gold mine.
First labor rights claim under the revised NAFTA filed by migrant worker women in the US -- what does it mean in terms of the new labor rulebook in the region?
7-Apr-2021     Public Citizen
The complaint represents many organizations’ intentions to test if the revised NAFTA’s labor terms could be an effective tool to improve workers’ conditions.
How corporate courts block climate action
1-Apr-2021     Global Justice Now
Corporate courts are an unjust mechanism that can block climate action. The UK should reject them.
FTA labour rights provisions useless without trade union action, says Korean unionist
29-Mar-2021     bilaterals.org
Interview with Ryu Mikyung who is the International Director at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.
ASEAN’s fate hangs in an RCEP balance
25-Mar-2021     APWLD
In a virtual press conference held today, new evidence from a UN economist shows that the RCEP, a mega FTA recently signed by ASEAN and five trading partners Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and South Korea, will negatively impact ASEAN, especially its trade balance.
EU trade deal set to increase harmful meat imports
24-Mar-2021     Friends of the Earth Europe
The EU plans to increase the number of destructive products on supermarket shelves with the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, reveals a report.
Stopping the race to the bottom in trade policy
23-Mar-2021     The American Prospect
Agribusiness giant Bayer/Monsanto claims that Mexico’s proposed restrictions on the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide violate the country’s trade agreement with the US.