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News from the Indian movements

Peasants and small scale food producers in India intensify their protest against RCEP free trade agreement
29-Oct-2019 South Indian Farmers’ Movements
On 24th October and thereafter, thousands of farmers organized under the Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movement (ICCFM) and ally groups carried out coordinated actions and demonstrations reject RCEP.
RCEP: What is at stake for India and its people
16-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
Real lives and livelihoods are at stake. That is why people are saying ‘No’ to RCEP!
India and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: key issues and implications
13-Oct-2019 Madhyam
RCEP militates against several of India’s critical interests. At least two countries from among the participating countries could seriously challenge India’s rural economy since they are seeking to enter the markets for wheat, sugar and dairy products.
India-China bilateral summit: Civil society expresses concern over Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
10-Oct-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
People’s movements note with deep concern the developments with respect to India’s position on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Manifesto for trade justice
19-Mar-2019 Forum against FTAs
We need an alternative regional approach, not only in South Asia but the Asia Pacific region, which does not push so- called ‘free trade’ and investors’ rights at the cost of lives and livelihoods of people, and the life of the planet.
Sign-on letter from India against IPR on seed
25-Feb-2019 Forum against FTAs
A mega free trade agreement, like RCEP that undermines farmers’ seed freedoms in a mega diverse country, with seed diversity and farmers’ knowledge is unacceptable, say over 50 groups and citizens