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Amazon, Bolsonaro, cattle: the ABC’s of destruction
9-Sep-2020     Greenpeace
The Amazon is under attack but the Canadian government plans to continue negotiating a Canada-Mercosur free trade agreement with Brazil. But you can do something about it.
It’s time to transform. It’s time to globalize solidarity, localize agriculture!
6-Sep-2020     La Via Campesina
Time has come for us to take back control of our food systems and promote local production of our food systems.
Mining companies dominate ISDS treaty-shopping claims from Australian companies
3-Sep-2020     AFTINET
Australia, with its many Bilateral Investment Treaties and FTAs, contributes to a system of treaty shopping by mining companies looking to sue governments over unfavourable decisions.
Mining injustice through international arbitration
25-Aug-2020     Earthworks
El Tambor is a controversial gold mining project in Guatemala. After years of local protests and litigation, it was halted in 2016 for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous people.
Trade Secrets
24-Aug-2020     Global Justice Now
The truth about the US trade deal and how we can stop it.
Juggling crisis
24-Aug-2020     TNI
Latin America's battle with COVID-19 hampered by investment arbitration cases.
How ‘digital trade’ rules would impede taxation of the digitalised economy in the Global South
13-Aug-2020     TWN
The new digital trade regime, which has already been adopted in some free trade agreements and is being proposed in the WTO, would exacerbate the harmful tax practices of multinational enterprises within a deeply integrated digitalised economy.
Video: India-US free trade agreement and its impact on small-scale food producers in India
6-Aug-2020     La Via Campesina South Asia
In the following videos, the possible impacts of this proposed agreement on India’s small-scale food producers are discussed.
A Canadian mining company is threatening to sue Mexico to avoid paying taxes... and is asking Canada to help them do it
13-Jul-2020     Council of Canadians
Already, Mexico’s progressive reforms have made it an ISDS target. First Majestic, a Canadian silver mining company has been threatening Mexico for the last few years, under NAFTA’s Chapter 11.
What do FTAs mean for African women? A critical look into the African Continental Free Trade Area
9-Jul-2020     GRAIN
What does this trade deal mean for African women and their role in the continent’s food production and trade?