A Decade of Grassroots Resistance to WTO and Free Trade
By Joseph Purugganan, Afsar Jafri and Jacques-Chai Chomthongdi Several milestones in the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Philippines, Trade and Investment
By Joseph Purugganan, Afsar Jafri and Jacques-Chai Chomthongdi Several milestones in the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Climate & Environment, Mekong Region, Thailand
The Thai Climate Justice Working Group attended the Review of Draft Thailand REDD+ Readiness-Preparation Proposal (R-PP) workshop on 7 March 2013, organized by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) of the World Bank and...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | Mekong Region, Thailand, Trade and Investment
“Speedy” and “careless”—this is how Thailand’s civil society organizations describe the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Mekong Region, Thailand, Trade and Investment
By Jacques-chai Chomthongdi After the collapse of the attempt to forge a Thai-US Free Trade...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jun 18, 2012 | Climate & Environment, Publications
Our analysis, and that of many communities and organisations across Asia, is that the CDM is an...
Read MorePosted by admin | Mar 17, 2010 | The Commons
by Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* The key weapons used by Thaksin’s opponents to destroy him are corruption and disloyalty; other issues seem irrelevant in comparison to these. The disloyalty charge lost steam because of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Apr 10, 2009 | Power and Democracy
By Jaqcues-chai Chomthongdi and Chanida Chanyapate Anyone getting into a taxi these days may find him/herself in the wrong place, becoming part of a road block somewhere on the main streets of Bangkok and forced to walk the rest...
Read MorePosted by admin | May 29, 2008 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Thailand
by Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* When it comes to rice Thailand sees itself as a major player in the world. Nine to ten million metric tons of milled rice leaves Thai ports each year, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the...
Read MorePosted by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | Español, Opinion/Analysis
FOCUS ON TRADE EL MERCADO MANDA, ¿OK? por Chanida Chanyapate y Jacques-Chai Chomthongdi* Poco después del golpe militar de septiembre que derrocó al primer ministro multimillonario Thaksin Shinawatra, el gobierno designado por...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jan 12, 2007 | Trade and Investment
Chanida Chanyapate and Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* Soon after the September coup which ousted multi-millionaire prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the military-appointed government announced its intention to pursue a ...
Read MorePosted by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | 1Post Types
As the count-down continues with just 15 days to the 6th WTO ministerial in Hong Kong, this issue includes an analysis of the draft ministerial text released two days ago, an assessment of developing countries’ prospects...
Read MorePosted by admin | Nov 28, 2005 | Trade and Investment
WTO DRAFT MINISTERIAL TEXT: EMPTY “DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE” IN EXCHANGE FOR TAKEOVER OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES MARKETS By Aileen Kwa with contributions from Jacqies...
Read MorePosted by admin | Sep 23, 2005 | 1Post Types
¡ATENTOS A GINEBRA! por Jacques Chai Chomthongdi* El año pasado éramos menos de quince, pero en la sesión de julio pasado del Consejo General de la OMC más de 300 representantes de la sociedad civil se hicieron...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 25, 2005 | 1Post Types
The aim of this update from Geneva is to give a quick snap shot of the state of play surrounding the ongoing negotiations during the General Council (GC) of the WTO. The information in this bulletin is from the daily...
Read MorePosted by admin | Aug 16, 2005 | Trade and Investment
By Jacques-chai Chomthongdi Last year, we were less than fifteen, but at this year’s WTO July General Council meeting more than 300 civil society representatives were present in Geneva. Public debates, workshops,...
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