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‘COP30 must declare an end to ISDS’, delegates told
18-Nov-2025     Global Justice Now
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
Malaysia-US pact surrenders Malaysia’s sovereignty
11-Nov-2025     Sahabat Alam Malaysia
The Malaysia-US trade agreement is widely criticized by organizations like Sahabat Alam Malaysia and the Comsumer's Association of Penang for undermining national sovereignty, forcing Malaysia to align with US foreign policy, accept unverified US health standards, and forgo vital fiscal tools like digital taxes and border tax adjustments.
Migrant justice groups call for USMCA overhaul to stop displacement and protect the rights of migrant workers
10-Nov-2025     Public Citizen
Public Citizen joined prominent migrant justice organizations in calling for the agreement, as well as immigration policies, to be rewritten to prioritize human rights, labor protections, and climate resilience.
Joint declaration of the national gathering – advocacy assembly on the USMCA
7-Nov-2025    
From our diverse backgrounds, we reaffirm our conviction that Mexico is an independent country that places life, dignity, and sovereignty above profit and the imposition of corporate interests.
Pressure mounts on UK to join coordinated exit from secretive corporate court system, during COP30
7-Nov-2025     Global Justice Now
Civil society coalition will hold press conference and side event at COP30 to urge governments to go ‘ISDS free’ to protect sovereign climate policy
CUSMA 2.no
6-Nov-2025     CCPA
Canada should strive for fair trade in North America—not agree to another bad deal on Trump’s terms.
Petrogas sues the Netherlands over fiscal measures meant to protect the public interest
5-Nov-2025     SOMO
SOMO and Both ENDS strongly condemn the newly revealed investor-state dispute settlement case filed by Petrogas, an Omani oil and gas company operating two shallow-water gas fields in the Dutch North Sea, against the Netherlands.
Is Canada prepared to ignore alarming human rights violations to advance a controversial free trade agreement with Ecuador?
3-Nov-2025     The Hill Times
The Canadian government must not remain indifferent to the bloodshed and the incontrovertible reality of a grave human rights crisis in Ecuador.
Trump’s secret trade deals with Malaysia and Cambodia revealed: Imperialist bullying on behalf of Big Tech, other corporate interests
30-Oct-2025     Public Citizen
An early review of the texts reveals new handouts to Big Tech and other corporate interests, with little to nothing that will help working people in the US.
Gulf trade deal could ‘lock in’ more rights for fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn
28-Oct-2025     Global Justice Now
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.