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
On the passing of our comrade Soren Ambrose
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 14, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Focus on the Global South joins friends and civil society from across the world in paying homage...
Read MoreRCEP an unjust deal and added burden in the time of a pandemic
by Focus on the Global South Team | Nov 15, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
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A historic process continues at the UN: States resume substantive negotiations on the text for a binding treaty on transnational corporations with respect to human rights on 28 October 2020. Photo: Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Civil society drives momentum for UN treaty on TNCs and human rights
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Nov 3, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
PRESS RELEASE Despite covid-19 limitations, civil society drives momentum for the historic UN...
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The sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Open-ended Intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) on Transnational corporations (TNCs) and Other Business Enterprises in Geneva from 26-30 October 2020.
Asian Network pushes stronger TNC regulations at the UN amidst pandemic
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 28, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding...
Read MoreCOVID-19, Distorted Development, and Degrowth
by Walden Bello | Oct 7, 2020 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, COVID-19 Updates, Deglobalisation, Opinion/Analysis, Trade and Investment | 0
The following paper was presented at the Chulalongkorn University Social Research...
Read MoreOpen Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 5, 2020 | 1Post Types, End Impunity, Philippines, Power and Democracy, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
Read MoreThe Mekong needs just energy transitions, not more destructive dams
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Jun 2, 2020 | Mekong Region, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
On 11 May, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced that the proposed Sanakham hydropower project in Laos will undergo the MRC’s Prior Consultation process.[1] Sanakham is the sixth mainstream dam to be submitted for Prior...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Workers are not Virus-Proof
by admin | May 7, 2020 | Corporate Accountability, COVID-19 Updates, Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Advocacy groups call for expanded massive testing before economic restart As the nation...
Read MoreConfronting a Mega Deal: People’s Resistance to RCEP
by admin2 | Nov 4, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
by Joseph Purugganan Governments are now scrambling to conclude negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the mega free trade and investment deal launched 7 years ago by the ten countries...
Read MoreWe demand Trade Justice: Reject RCEP and Corporate Trade Deals!
by admin2 | Nov 4, 2019 | Philippines, Trade and Investment | 0
Workers, farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, rural women, and health and trade justice advocates...
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Leaders from member countries at the 2nd RCEP Summit in Manila in 2017. Will countries come to an agreement when they meet again in Thailand on 1 November? [Photo from Presidential Communications Operations Office, Philippines via Wikimedia commons]
India’s RCEP Dilemma: Is There a Way Out?
by admin2 | Oct 30, 2019 | India, Trade and Investment | 0
India’s difficulty in acceding to the mega regional free trade agreement, RCEP, currently being...
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Rachmi of Indonesia for Global Justice speaks at a Climate Justice rally during the 5th session of negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty for Transnational Corporations on Human Rights/ [Photo by Joseph Purugganan]
Trade & Investment Agreements and Human Rights
by admin2 | Oct 18, 2019 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Trade and Investment | 0
by Joseph Purugganan How do we ensure corporate accountability in the wake of rising power of...
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