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Memorandum submitted by Forum Kedaulatan Makanan Malaysia (Malaysia Food Sovereignty Forum) regarding the CPTPP
9-Jan-2023     Forum Kedaulatan Makanan Malaysia
We who signed this memorandum would like to express concern about Malaysia's participation in and ratification of the CPTPP which will have a large negative impact on farmers, livestock breeders and fishermen as well as on the food security and sovereignty of Malaysians in the future.
IPEF is prosperity for the TNCs, degrades peoples’ interests
22-Dec-2022     People Over Profit
With the pressing issues of rising prices of basic commodities, the declining real wages and purchasing power of workers, and the destruction of local agriculture, the IPEF and its Four Pillars will degrade the lives of the people and the planet.
Switzerland must withdraw from the Energy Charter
18-Dec-2022     Alliance Sud
The Energy Charter Treaty protects companies that invest in fossil fuels. A growing number of countries are withdrawing from it, while Switzerland continues to thwart the energy transition.
“We reject the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework!”
15-Dec-2022     APWLD - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
APWLD members and partners attending the APWLD Convening on Trade and Corporate Power in Asia Pacific in Chiang Mai, Thailand stand together to oppose the IPEF which is currently on its first round of negotiations in Australia.
The new trade agreement between Chile and the EU must be stopped
13-Dec-2022     America Latina Mejor sin TLC
Joint statement by the Platform "Chile without Free Trade Agreements" network, MPs and social organizations.
NTW on IPEF for Brisbane 10 Dec 2022
12-Dec-2022     Ngā Toki Whakarururanga
Māori communities will be impacted upon by almost every pillar of IPEF. We will therefore be monitoring closely and exercising influence over all those elements.
Civil society/NGO contacts for IPEF ministerial, Brisbane, Australia, December 12-15, 2022
11-Dec-2022    
IPEF looks nothing other than these new age 'spheres of political influence' that replace cold war alliances. Calling it 'not a typical trade deal' is at one level just a spin with free trade agreements written all over the initiative.
EU-India free trade deal will undermine India’s development
9-Dec-2022     Forum for Trade Justice
Ongoing FTA negotiations will adversely impact farmers, fishers, patients, traders and impinge on a progressive digital industrialisation strategy.
Women's rights organisations and allies oppose the gender "upskilling initiative" as an IPEF carrot
6-Dec-2022     IT for Change
IT for Change, Public Services International (Asia & Pacific) and Third World Network, with the undersigned women’s rights organisations, labour unions, and allies, oppose the use of Big Tech “upskilling” initiatives for women to encourage countries to sign on to the IPEF.
A mining lawsuit in Guatemala shows how trade courts put big corporations first
6-Dec-2022     Inequality.org
Local resisters are calling for a different economic model — one that prioritizes clean water and soil, healthy communities, peace, dignity, and self-determination.