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Call for regional action against RCEP
29-Oct-2019 Trade Justice Unions
Unions in Asia Pacific hold a series of synchronised actions, to voice their positions and opposition to RCEP deal.
Free Trade Agreements are fueling and shaping the oppression and injustice against women
28-Oct-2019 Bilaterals.org
Women gathering resulted in several demands from the grassroots women, urging the new elected government of Indonesia to stop negotiating FTAs. Women demand “no more FTAs"
AFTINET fears that assurances sought by Labor will not prevent harmful impacts from Indonesia and other trade deals
21-Oct-2019 AFTINET
Organisations representing millions of Australians wrote to Labor MPs last week asking them to implement their policies against harmful proposals including special rights for foreign investors to sue governments for millions over domestic laws.
Stop ISDS and support the Treaty to protect people and the planet
16-Oct-2019 CIDSE
How can you help? Sign the petition to stop ISDS!
RCEP: What is at stake for India and its people
16-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
Real lives and livelihoods are at stake. That is why people are saying ‘No’ to RCEP!
ISDS lawsuit: When corporation ignores state sovereignty
15-Oct-2019 IGJ
The book aims to provide an understanding to the public about ISDS mechanism, by providing a clear description of real impact caused by ISDS lawsuit faced by Indonesia.
India and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: key issues and implications
13-Oct-2019 Madhyam
RCEP militates against several of India’s critical interests. At least two countries from among the participating countries could seriously challenge India’s rural economy since they are seeking to enter the markets for wheat, sugar and dairy products.
India-China bilateral summit: Civil society expresses concern over Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
10-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
People’s movements note with deep concern the developments with respect to India’s position on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Manifesto for trade justice
19-Mar-2019 Forum against FTAs
We need an alternative regional approach, not only in South Asia but the Asia Pacific region, which does not push so- called ‘free trade’ and investors’ rights at the cost of lives and livelihoods of people, and the life of the planet.
Sign-on letter from India against IPR on seed
25-Feb-2019 Forum against FTAs
A mega free trade agreement, like RCEP that undermines farmers’ seed freedoms in a mega diverse country, with seed diversity and farmers’ knowledge is unacceptable, say over 50 groups and citizens
Joint ITUC-Africa/ETUC/ITUC statement on the EU-Africa EPAs and EU-Africa trade relations
28-Oct-2018 ETUC
Trade unions from Africa and Europe have followed with grave concern the negotiation and conclusion of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and regional groupings in Africa.