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One year of Trump tariffs prove corporate profits always came before the public interest
3-Apr-2026 Common Dreams
The 2026 NTE Report makes it clear that the Trump administration’s primary motivation behind its trade policy is to protect the profits of big US companies.
How Britain got sued for stopping a coal mine
3-Apr-2026 Global Justice Now
While energy bills spiral, public money could soon flow to an overseas fossil fuel company. Because a government dared to block a climate-wrecking coal mine.
The EU-Ecuador trade agreement must work to protect workers’ rights in the banana industry
3-Apr-2026 Action Aid
Ecuadorian trade union ASTAC and its European partners denounce the outrageous lack of human rights and environmental protections in the banana industry under the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement.
Yaoundé declaration: The WTO And free trade cause hunger, poverty and inequality
31-Mar-2026 Vía Campesina
For nearly thirty years the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), peasants’ organisations gathered in Cameroon have concluded that the WTO and free trade agreements hinder the development of countries in the Global South and lead to the ruin of small-scale producers worldwide.
No EU–US trade deal at the expense of climate, democracy, and sovereignty
26-Mar-2026 Friends of the Earth Europe
Europe’s economic and political strength is based on cooperation, the rule of law, and democratic processes. A deal concluded under coercion would undermine these principles.
International resistance to Trump trade deals
25-Mar-2026 Public Citizen
Thousands of farmers, labor organizers, healthcare workers, faith leaders, economists, climate experts, government officials, and more from across the world are urging their governments to resist US imperialism through trade deals.
ECVC warns that the EU-Australia trade agreement threatens European food sovereignty
24-Mar-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
For ECVC, agriculture has no place in such deals. EU trade officials must abandon this path and instead channel their energy into a radical overhaul of the EU’s agricultural trade policy.
Do trade deals put public health care up for sale?
24-Mar-2026 CCPA
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
A tax moratorium to enable a foreign AI invasion
23-Mar-2026 The Hindu
The push for a permanent moratorium signals the US’s bid to dominate the AI-driven global economy.
The Argentina-US trade agreement turns the RIGI into a mega investment protection treaty
20-Mar-2026 TNI
The agreement, which still has to be approved by the Argentine Congress, will give the Incentives Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) a central role, converting it into a mechanism to satisfy the appetites of US corporations.
MEPs push back on Commission over Western Sahara in EU–Morocco trade
20-Mar-2026 Western Sahara Resource Watch
MEPs from across the political spectrum sharply criticised the European Commission over its handling of EU-Morocco trade relations covering occupied Western Sahara, raising concerns over legality, transparency and an apparent disregard for Parliament’s role.
Adding fuel to the climate crisis: the EU-Mercosur agreement
19-Mar-2026 Power Shift
This publication provides an overview of the consequences of the EUMercosur agreement in relation to deforestation, environmental destruction and climate change.
Empowerment or exploitation? The false promise of a women-inclusive trade deal
13-Mar-2026 bilaterals.org
The Canada-Indonesia trade deal’s “women-inclusive” label masks a neoliberal agenda that benefits Canadian corporations more than Indonesian women. It exploits feminist language to legitimize market expansion, while reinforcing structural inequalities—especially the burden of unpaid care work on women—and enabling corporate power through costly investor rights (ISDS). True gender justice requires systemic change, not just market inclusion.
Deals made under repealed tariffs should be reconsidered
12-Mar-2026 Public Citizen
The US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the tariffs is yet another reason for countries like Indonesia to be wary of ratifying these deals negotiated with the Trump administration.
Indonesia–US Trade Agreement challenged in Court, civil society coalition warns of risks to economic sovereignty
12-Mar-2026 CELIOS
A civil society coalition consisting of CELIOS, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ), Solidaritas Perempuan, and supported by WALHI Nasional and Trend Asia has officially filed a lawsuit for Unlawful Government Act (Onrechtmatige Overheidsdaad) against the President of the Republic of Indonesia at the Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) on March 11, 2026.
US reciprocal tariffs is illegal, Agreement of Reciprocal Trade must not be ratified
12-Mar-2026 Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Keadilan Ekonomi
The Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice (Koalisi MKE) urges President Prabowo Subianto not to ratify the reciprocal trade agreement (ART) between Indonesia and the United States (US) signed on February 19, 2026. The 19% tariff reduction obtained by Indonesia in this agreement is not commensurate with the surrender of the country’s sovereignty to US interests.
Indonesia-United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade: a serious threat to national sovereignty and national interest - Indonesia for Global Justice
6-Mar-2026 Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) firmly condemns and strongly opposes the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States, which threatens national sovereignty, narrows Indonesia’s policy space for national development, and places Indonesia in a position equivalent to being a subordinate to U.S. interests.
Global call to mobilise against the WTO and free trade agreements
5-Mar-2026 La Via Campesina
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade.
AFTINET submission to reviews of ISDS in agreements with Egypt and Eastern European countries
5-Mar-2026 AFTINET
The submission recommends that Bilateral Investment agreements with Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania and Romania should be terminated without sunset clauses, which preserve existing investor rights to sue after agreements are terminated.
Trump’s deal with Argentina marks a new low in Big Pharma-friendly trade
3-Mar-2026 Public Citizen
The US-Argentina deal represents a new low in using US trade policy to bully countries into adopting intellectual property rules that expand Big Pharma’s monopoly power at the expense of access to affordable medicines.