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last update: April 2009
News from the movements
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30-Aug-2012 Infojustice
18 Thai civil society groups urge EU Parliament delegation to reconsider TRIPS-plus provisions in EU-Thailand FTA
The letter warns that the TRIPS-Plus provisions in the trade agreement between EU and Thailand – including border measures, data exclusivity, patent term extensions, and protection for new indications – would block access to generic medicines. -
29-Aug-2012 RECALCA
Colombia: ¡No al tratado de libre comercio con la UE! Pedido de adhesión al llamamiento
Defendemos unas relaciones comerciales basadas en la complementariedad y el desarrollo inclusivo de las regiones desde un enfoque de derechos; creemos que el Tratado de Libre Comercio negociado por la UE con Perú y Colombia, y propuesto para Ecuador y Bolivia, va en una dirección contraria... -
24-Aug-2012 India Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (InCACBI)
InCACBI Statement on India-Israel Free Trade Agreement
We, a group of academics, activists and artists in India, came together in 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid regime by extending support to the international campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. -
22-Aug-2012 WSJ
Anti-free traders to copy anti-nuke protestors in weekly Tokyo demos
The Japanese prime minister’s office — for months the scene of weekly anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo — got a new group of demonstrators on Tuesday: A group protesting Japan’s proposed participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. -
15-Aug-2012
Fair trade group condemns big tobacco’s use of trade agreements to continue plain packaging fight after High Court defeat
“We welcome the High Court decision as a vindication of the Government’s right to regulate tobacco as an addictive substance that still kills 15,000 Australians per year,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, said today. -
9-Aug-2012 WSJ
Ex-GM workers in Colombia sew lips shut in protest
The former GM workers chose the grounds next to the US Embassy to stage their hunger strike because of the labor action plan agreed to between Colombia and the US last year under the countries’ free trade agreement — which both governments, and General Motors, have igored.
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5-Aug-2012 IPS
Assault on Colombian trade unions continues
Two months after a free trade agreement between the US and Colombia went into effect, workers continue to face attacks.
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1-Aug-2012 TNI
Video documentary: Global crises, regional solutions
In this video, activists from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe argue that regional integration is the only viable response to the current economic, climate, food and energy crises.
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