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Open letter on why India must not give in to US tariff blackmail

The Forum for Trade Justice warns the US-India FTA is less about fair trade and more about economic subjugation, urging India to defend its long-term development, ecological security, and global multipolar standing by rejecting coercive terms and ensuring inclusive, parliamentary-level scrutiny.

Te Taiao and climate crisis

Recent agreements (negotiated in secret) also guarantee foreign corporations the rights to lobby against new laws in the name of “transparency”; guaranteed rights that iwi and hapū don’t have.

EU-US trade plans revive a monster from the dead

The ‘framework agreement’ on trade between the EU and the US that was published August 21 is a worrying reminiscence of the infamous TTIP -the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership- of a decade ago.
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Kazakhstan wins arbitration case, escapes $34-billion claim

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has sided with Kazakhstan in a case brought by a Kyrgyz entrepreneur claiming over $34 billion in damages. Instead, the businessman, Yevgeny Belavin, now must pay all of Kazakhstan’s substantial legal fees, as well as court costs.

Farmers protest in Brussels against Mercosur deal

Farmers from Belgium and neighbouring countries gathered in Brussels on Thursday evening to protest against a trade deal with Mercosur, proposed by the European Commission just a day earlier.
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