Category: Trade and Investment
Free Trade is Bad for You (or Most of You at Any R...
Posted by admin2 | Mar 1, 2019 | Asia/World, Deglobalisation, Trade and Investment | 0
Protect people’s economic rights to data, RC...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 28, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
RCEP must not undermine farmers’ rights, esp...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 27, 2019 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, The Commons, Trade and Investment | 0
People’s movements urge countries to stop RCEP neg...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 27, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
RCEP needs to prioritize justice, not balance
Posted by admin2 | Feb 25, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice Pilipinas Press Statement: A Wake-Up Call Against Trump’s Weaponization of Trade
by Anisa | Jul 10, 2025 | Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice Pilipinas Press Statement 10 July 2025 A Wake-Up Call Against Trump’s...
Read MoreLetter: Urgent need for Indian intervention on the proposals on the future of genetic resources in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
by Anisa | Jul 10, 2025 | Feature, India, Trade and Investment | 0
Date: July 9, 2025 To: Sri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,...
Read MoreCivil society groups say there is now even more reason to keep ISDS out of the RCEP
by Anisa | Jul 7, 2025 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
We, the undersigned civil society organisations from the 15 member countries* of the Regional...
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From left to right: Prof. Jayati Ghosh of University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Prof. Simone Deos of the State University of Campinas in Brazil, and Walden Bello at the panel on the crisis of multlateralism.
Essay on a Dying Multilateralism
by Anisa | Jun 30, 2025 | Asia/World, Deglobalisation, Feature, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
By Walden Bello* The recent unilateral strikes by the US on Iran’s nuclear development...
Read MoreLever or Shackle?
by Anisa | Jun 27, 2025 | Feature, Philippines, Trade and Investment | 0
In a time of global uncertainty, what could a free trade deal with the EU do for the Philippines?...
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WEBINAR: The Uncertainties of Free Trade and Protectionism: Opportunities for a Progressive Trade Policy in Asia? - Friday, 9 May 2025.
The Uncertainties of Free Trade and Protectionism: Opportunities for a Progressive Trade Policy in Asia?
by Anisa | May 28, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Trade and Investment | 0
Good afternoon, and welcome to this webinar on ‘The Uncertainties of Free Trade and Protectionism:...
Read More“We Are the Backbone, But We Carry the Burden”: Cambodian Garment Workers and the Fight for Dignity
by Anisa | Mar 28, 2025 | Blog Post, Cambodia, Mekong Region, Trade and Investment, Women | 0
At a regional workshop on global finance and crisis held in Bangkok this March, activists from...
Read MoreSalsabila Putri Noor Aziziah on Feminist Solidarity Against Extractivist Economies
by Anisa | Mar 28, 2025 | Asia/World, Blog Post, Trade and Investment, Women | 0
At a regional workshop in Bangkok titled Global Finance: Crisis and Response, Salsabila Putri Noor...
Read MoreCelebrating 30 Years of Focus on the Global South: Demanding Climate Justice, Expanding the Commons and Public Economy, and Promoting Real Security
by Anisa | Feb 13, 2025 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Deglobalisation, Feature, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
When Focus was founded 30 years ago in 1995, it was up against the confident assertion of global...
Read MoreEU PUSHES ITS ECONOMIC AGENDA IN THE MIDST OF UNFOLDING TRADE WARS AND UNCERTAINTIES
by Anisa | Feb 10, 2025 | Media Release, Philippines, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice advocates renew calls to stop the corporate driven EU-Philippines trade deal ...
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Former Senator Leila De Lima, former Congressman Walden Bello and support groups join criminalized farmers in a press conference assailing the weaponization of the law. 5 November 2014. Quezon City. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Criminalized farmers present themselves to former Sen. De Lima and the public ahead of surrender to local court
by IT S | Nov 6, 2024 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release, Philippines, Trade and Investment | 0
QUEZON CITY – Eight farmer-leaders from the Samahang Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Barangay...
Read MoreIndian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financialsystem on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary
by Anisa | Oct 24, 2024 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, India, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
This statement was originally published on Working Group on IFIs and can be read here. Watch here...
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