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
CSO Letter to the Commerce Minister on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and India joining the trade pillar
by Anisa | May 26, 2023 | India, Media Release, Trade and Investment | 0
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity or IPEF is a US led trade agreement with...
Read MoreFrom Partnership to Rivalry: China and the USA in the Early Twenty-First Century
by Anisa | May 14, 2023 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, China, Deglobalisation, Peace and Security, Trade and Investment | 0
by Walden Bello (These are the unpublished, uncorrected page proofs of this article that has been...
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David Malpass, President of the World Bank, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the IMF-World Bank Spring 2022 Meeting. Both institutions have been singularly bereft of ideas on how to deal with the developing country debt problem that is about to explode. (World Bank photo)
Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries
by Anisa | Apr 4, 2023 | Asia/World, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
By Walden Bello* As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund...
Read MoreConference on Agriculture, Land & Forests: Perspectives on the Crisis and Policy Alternatives
by Anisa | Mar 21, 2023 | Climate & Environment, Event, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Trade and Investment, Video | 0
February 18—19, 2023, New Delhi, India Session 01 – Setting the International Context:...
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The World Bank Group Headquarters sign — in Washington, D.C. Photo by Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Political Economy of a Predatory State Revisited: The Marcos-World Bank Partnership
by Anisa | Feb 28, 2023 | FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
By Walden Bello* (Presentation at the International Conference on “Dynamics of Change and...
Read MorePolicy and Livelihood Challenges for India’s Fishing Communities: Fisheries, the Climate Crisis and the Indian state’s response
by Anisa | Feb 27, 2023 | Climate & Environment, Event, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Trade and Investment, Video | 0
India’s fishing communities have had to grapple with multiple challenges over the past few years....
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Caption: Members of iDefend presenting key issues and recommendations at a CSO side event during the 4th cycle of UPR if the Philippines. 10 November 2022. Geneva. Photo by Neca Reyes of Lilak.
Challenges and Prospects for Social Justice within Government’s economic agenda
by Anisa | Feb 27, 2023 | FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Opinion/Analysis, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South* As Social Justice and human rights activists we...
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Senate President Miguel Zubiri, main sponsor of Senate Resolution of Concurrence in RCEP issued statements to media that the country can withdraw from RCEP if an influx of imports occurs as a result of the agreement. Photo from Senate PRIB
Trade Justice Pilipinas: We are locked-in to obligations under RCEP. While withdrawal is possible, not so easily done!
by Anisa | Feb 27, 2023 | Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice Pilipinas’s reaction to Sen. Zubiri’s statements about possibility of PH withdrawal...
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Senator Risa Hontiveros interpellating the sponsors of the RCEP concurrence resolution at plenary debates in the Senate. Sen. Hontiveros was the only Senator who voted against Senate concurrence in RCEP. 21 February 2023. Photo from Sen. Hontiveros’ Facebook page.
TRADE JUSTICE PILIPINAS Statement: The struggle against trade liberalization continues
by Anisa | Feb 22, 2023 | Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
STATEMENT OF TRADE JUSTICE PILIPINAS ON THE SENATE CONCURRENCE IN RCEP The struggle against trade...
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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri delivered his sponsorship speech of Senate Resolution concurring in the ratification of RCEP. 15 February 2023. (Photo from Senate PRIB)
MEDIA ADVISORY: FARMERS DECRY RUSH TO RATIFY RCEP; VOW TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST LIBERALIZATION POLICIES THAT HAVE DECIMATED PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
by Anisa | Feb 17, 2023 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release, Philippines, Trade and Investment | 0
17 February 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY FARMERS DECRY RUSH TO RATIFY RCEP; VOW TO CONTINUE FIGHT...
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Broad coalition of agriculture stakeholders and trade justice advocates held a pressconference this morning to urge the Senate to reject RCEP! 1 February 2023, Quezon City. Photo by Joseph Purugganan.
Joint Statement of Agri stakeholders and Trade Justice Advocates: NO TO RCEP! DON’T MAKE PHL AN “UKAY-UKAY” REPUBLIC!
by Anisa | Feb 2, 2023 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Last November 2021, during the 18th Congress, various farmers, fishers, workers, civil society and...
Read MoreReform of GSP: A Matter of Urgent Concern
by Anisa | Dec 13, 2022 | Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Statement from Trade Justice Pilipinas 13 December 2022 Trade Justice Pilipinas welcomes...
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