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Stop burdening people at the end of the term, Mr. President!

A total of 37 organizations and 29 people conveyed their urge to President Joko Widodo via open letter to stop negotiations between Indonesia - European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA). This demand was conveyed after Indonesia completed the 19th round of negotiations on 1-5 July 2024 behind closed doors.

Australian legal experts call for swift removal of ISDS

62 Australian lawyers and legal scholars have issued an open letter urging the Australian government to swiftly implement its policy of excluding Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions from current and future trade and investment agreements.

I-EU CEPA negotiations hijack democratic rights and ignore potentional impacts on society

Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) and the Indonesia AIDS Coalition (IAC) criticized the I-EU CEPA, which hijacked the people’s rights to democracy while ignoring the negotiations’ wider impact. The I-EU CEPA negotiations lacked transparency, ignored public aspirations, and did not allow for meaningful participation from civil society groups.
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Indonesia eyes export growth with RoK via IK-CEPA

The Indonesian Government is aiming to expand exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) through the Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA), which has been in effect for the past year.

UK to join Trans-Pacific trade agreement by December 15

The British government says its agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will enter into force by December 15 after it received the final ratification required.

The for-profit city that might come crashing down

The dream of Próspera, founded by a US corporation off the coast of Honduras, was to escape government control. The Honduran government wants it gone but Próspera filed an astronomical $10.775 billion lawsuit against the state.
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