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Information brief on US-Kenya FTA
18-May-2020     TWN Africa
Kenya’s basis for FTA with US questioned, inherent dangers flagged by African Trade Experts.
The unknown climate-killer deal we’ll have to tackle next
18-May-2020     Friends of the Earth Europe
The Energy Charter Treaty takes an axe to climate action.
The African Union should halt African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Negotiations and launch of trading on 1st July 2020
15-May-2020    
Civil society organisations statement.
US-Kenya FTA and the rights to land and food
10-May-2020     IATP
The US Trade Representative has announced plans to negotiate a free-trade agreement with Kenya. This would be the first free-trade agreement the US has negotiated with an African nation.
Civil society organizations and concerned activists submit nearly 7,500 comments on proposed US-Kenya trade agreement
10-May-2020     Public Citizen
Public Citizen submitted formal comments to the US Trade Representative explaining why negotiating a standard US FTA with Kenya is a very bad idea in general.
US-UK trade talks must put people and the planet first
6-May-2020     Citizens Trade Campaign
US and UK civil society groups worry trade deal could privilege corporate profits at the expense of the environment, consumer safety, public health and worker rights.
EU scrutiny of GM food is not negotiable
5-May-2020     Friends of the Earth Europe
74 NGOs have written to the EU Commission to demand that genetically modified crops are not pushed onto Europe's fields and plates as part of a trade deal with the USA.
e-Commerce free trade agreements, digital chapters and the impact on labour
4-May-2020     ITUC
A comparative analysis of treaty texts and their potential practical implications.
'Reckless' to restart US-UK trade talks in midst of pandemic, campaigners say
4-May-2020     Global Justice Now
Coronavirus has exposed the flaws in the pro-corporate agenda that this trade deal is intended to entrench.
EU-Mexico agreement: Serious concerns for European civil society
30-Apr-2020     Global Campaign
European civil society organisations are deeply concerned about the renewal of the European Union-Mexico trade agreement.