Category: Trade and Investment
CSO Letter to the Commerce Minister on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and India joining the trade pillar
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity or IPEF is a US led trade agreement with...
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From Partnership to Rivalry: China and the USA in the Early Twenty-First Century
by Walden Bello (These are the unpublished, uncorrected page proofs of this article that has been...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 Walden Bello* As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund...
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Conference on Agriculture, Land & Forests: Perspectives on the Crisis and Policy Alternatives
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 Walden Bello* (Presentation at the International Conference on “Dynamics of Change and...
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Policy and Livelihood Challenges for India’s Fishing Communities: Fisheries, the Climate Crisis and the Indian state’s response
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 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!
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
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
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!
Last November 2021, during the 18th Congress, various farmers, fishers, workers, civil society and...
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Reform of GSP: A Matter of Urgent Concern
Statement from Trade Justice Pilipinas 13 December 2022 Trade Justice Pilipinas welcomes...
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