The resulting agreement is a short-term political trophy because it was negotiated under a shield of secrecy and spun by supporters before anyone had access to the text. Now we can analyse the detail, the downsides of the deal are laid bare.
By signing the Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand, the Indian government has surrendered the interests of farmers before the demands of global finance.
Laws included in trade deals protect US companies’ rent extraction schemes and stop us from fixing or improving our own devices — from phones and tractors to insulin pumps. Repealing them will save billions and hit Trump’s donor class.
A new multi-organization letter to Petro and his government urges them to take the Santa Marta Conference as an opportunity to reject free trade agreements and investment protects systems that put profiteers over communities.
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale has alleged that India’s trade agreements with the United States have turned into a curse for farmers, severely impacting the agricultural sector. The trade deals had weakened domestic agriculture, while rising input costs such as fertilizers, pesticides, diesel, and seeds made farming increasingly unviable.
Countries and social movements are rising to demand a renewal of genuine multilateralism—one based on cooperation rather than oppression, and on participatory democracy rather than opaque representation.
The SADC has successfully concluded a week-long series of high-level engagement meetings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, aimed at supporting the country’s accession to the SADC Free Trade Area (FTA).
The Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, held high-level bilateral talks with Türkiye’s Minister of Trade. The meeting underscored a shared commitment to expanding trade, investment, and industrial cooperation within the evolving framework of the AfCFTA.
Kenya and India have agreed to accelerate negotiations toward a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at lowering trade barriers, expanding market access, and unlocking new opportunities for Kenyan exporters, officials said on Tuesday.
ActionAid Nigeria, has observed that across Africa, there is increasing concern about outdated agreements and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system, which allows investors the protection rights over the national interests, and shrink decisions making spaces.