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Petition: No to poisonous pork, fight for health and democracy
5-Oct-2020     No Poison Pig
People cannot accept the sacrifice of democratic values, people's health, and farmers' interests in exchange for the opportunity of trade negotiations between Taiwan and the US.
Burning Amazonia: A global corporate crime
1-Oct-2020     Friends of the Earth International
The Mercosur-EU free trade agreement is set to intensify trends of territorial expansion, will contribute to the climate crisis, and will directly impact the rights, territories and ways of life of Amazon peoples.
Corporate trade deals: A history of resistance
24-Sep-2020     The World Transformed
From the Seattle protests against the WTO, to the defeat of TTIP and the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the attempt to impose corporate trade deals has often created moments of crisis for the system.
Joint declaration by European farmers: No to EU-Mercosur agreement
21-Sep-2020     La Via Campesina
Peasants and farmers in Europe want a fresh start for a trade policy that enables fair prices, protects the climate and secures human rights, instead of just trying to fix the current model!
Beyond the Bolsonaro policy, it is the very content of the EU-Mercosur agreement that promises an environmental disaster
18-Sep-2020     Veblen
The commission of experts has spoken: an annual increase in deforestation of 25% for 6 years, facilitated entry into the European market of foodstuffs produced with pesticides banned in the EU, risk of weakening European environmental and health standards.
Japan backs ISDS in fierce debate at Energy Charter Treaty review
17-Sep-2020     AFTINET
A written submission from Japan published by the ECT secretariat rejected language on the “right to regulate” and changes to the investor-state dispute resolution mechanism.
Shaping future UK trade policy: investment protection provisions
16-Sep-2020     Trade Justice Movement
As the UK regains full responsibility for its trade and investment policy post-Brexit, it must seriously consider its approach to international investment protection.
The red carpet investments in the middle of a pandemic result in crisis of people’s sovereignty
11-Sep-2020     Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesian CSOs assesses the national economic recovery strategy by strengthening policies economic liberalization focusing only on investment and exports will only be increasingly open space for corporate monopoly on economic resources.
Between free trade and local markets: Thailand's attempt to enter CPTPP negotiations meets opposition again
11-Sep-2020     GRAIN
In this time of Covid-19, free trade negotiations have not subsided, and are even increasing. In Thailand the government is trying again to join the CPTPP.
Poll: Vast majority of Europeans opposed to EU-Mercosur trade deal
10-Sep-2020     Sum Of Us
Consumer group SumOfUs urges the EU to call off its free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in the face of Amazon rainforest fires.