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Colombia’s workers, peasants need int’l solidarity
26-Oct-2007 Workers World
Even the New York Times, which has reported very little about the horrendous violence against Colombia’s workers and campesinos, in an Oct. 8 editorial recommended that the pending Free Trade Agreement with Colombia be delayed because “President Álvaro Uribe and his government have not done enough to bring to justice the paramilitary thugs-and their political backers-responsible for widespread human rights violations.”
EU negotiations launch, so does opposition
25-Oct-2007 Tico Times
As negotiations between the European Union and Central America over an association agreement kicked off this week, so did something else: opposition.
Legal obstacles emerge over free trade deal with Europe
25-Oct-2007 Business Daily Africa
A landmark case has entered the Kenyan corridors of justice as a group of farmers and a human rights watchdog move to challenge the State over ongoing negotiations for a new trade agreement with Europe.
Nurses pray for Senate rejection of RP-Japan pact
25-Oct-2007 GMANews
Some 2,000 Filipino nurses holding a convention in Cagayan de Oro lit candles and prayed on Wednesday for the Philippine Senate to reject the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement.
EU tries to establish Mediterranean free trade zone, meets fierce opposition
25-Oct-2007 AC
Friends of the Earth MedNet has lodged a fierce protest against European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson for his part in attempting to establish a free trade zone encompassing the countries around the Mediterranean, including non-EU member countries.
Central America’s poor and the environment will be hit by free trade with the EU
23-Oct-2007
Non-governmental organisations have criticised the EU for its aggressive position in the bi-regional trade and political negotiations with Central America on the day the first official round of negotiations between the European Union and Central American countries begins in San José
Activists urge govt to stop unfair trade deal with EU
19-Oct-2007 Bernama
Activists held protests Friday and urged the South Korean government to stop "unfair" trade deals with the European Union, as the fourth round of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the EU was due to end in Seoul.
Free trade under fire in Canada
18-Oct-2007 Toward Freedom
Plans to deepen Canada’s embrace of trade liberalization and deregulation are running into new pockets of resistance. Following a flurry of news coverage and public debate around the Security and Prosperity Partnership, another wave of protest has risen over a new trade deal between British Columbia and Alberta: TILMA.
Bayan and No Deal Movement hold picket against JPEPA at Japanese embassy
17-Oct-2007 Bulatlat
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and the No Deal! Movement Against Unequal Economic Agreements led a protest against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila
One man protests against FTA agreement
17-Oct-2007 China Daily
A farmer carries a model pig during his one-man protest in front of the hotel where South Korean-EU free trade talks are being held in Seoul
WIDE consultation: ’Bilateral and regional trade agreements and gender’
16-Oct-2007 WIDE
WIDE organises a one-day consultation on EU bilateral and regional free trade agreements and gender. This day aims at providing space for critical reflection and debate on opportunities, challenges, strategies and diverse policy options related to gender and EU trade liberalisation.
Sign-on petition statement vs JPEPA
15-Oct-2007
Please join this appeal to the Philippine Senate to reject the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) before 3 November 2007.
Farmers: JPEPA is anti-Filipino
14-Oct-2007 SunStar
In the series of consultations made by the Philippine Peasant Institute (PPI) with farmers, most of them believe that it is anti-Filipino, anti-farmer, and contrary to the Constitution.
Protest US intervention and dirty campaign in Costa Rican CAFTA Referendum
12-Oct-2007 Upside Down World
Take action from October 15-20 to demand that the Costa Rica referendum results NOT be certified by the OAS
Korean Alliance call for international protest letter
10-Oct-2007
Please sign this international protest letter against the arrests of Mr. Seok-woon Park and Mr. Je-jun Ju of the Korean Alliance against Korea-US FTA, and the continuing suppression of the Korean anti-FTA movement, before 19 October 2007
Costa Rica referendum on CAFTA outcome questioned
8-Oct-2007
US intervention, corruption, and an internationally financed fear campaign provoke questions about referendum process
Opposition gains strength as pro-CAFTA forces caught in manipulation scheme
4-Oct-2007 IRC Americas Program
The remarkable coalition of public employees, farmers, small business owners, intellectuals, and assorted citizens has already changed Costa Rican politics regardless of the outcome of the referendum vote.
Philippine Senators ’could reject’ Japan free trade deal
3-Oct-2007 AFP
Philippine lawmakers are unlikely to ratify a free trade agreement with Japan in the deal’s present form, the president of the Southeast Asian nation’s Senate said Tuesday.
Huge crowds in Costa Rica protest US pact
1-Oct-2007 Reuters
More than 100,000 Costa Ricans — a huge protest in a country of 4 million — protested a US trade pact on Sunday they say will flood their country with cheap farm goods and cause job losses.
Japanese civil groups join push against FTA
1-Oct-2007 Bangkok Post
Japanese civil and consumer rights groups have thrown their support behind the Thai anti-FTA movement by petitioning their own government not to rush into signing the Thai-Japan free trade agreement with the interim Surayud Chulanont administration.