"So much so, that writing in the Financial Times (July 21, 2006), the then EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, clearly stated that developing countries say that they are prepared to import more US farm goods but not US farm subsidies. "
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/the-hypocrisy-of-us-farm-trade-demands/
> .. GATT and NAFTA ought to be called “investor rights agreements,” not “free trade agreements.” One of their main purposes is to extend the ability of corporations to carry out market-distorting operations internally. So when people like Anthony Lake talk about enlarging market democracy, he’s enlarging something, but it’s not markets and it’s not democracy. #NoamChomsky #FreeTrade #InvestorsRights #MarketDemocracy #NAFTA #GATT #FreeTradeAgreements
https://1motorcyclist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/noam-chomsky-2011-how-the-world-works.pdf
UK officially joins Indo-Pacific trade bloc https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/uk-officially-joins-indo-pacific-trade-bloc/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #AsiaPacific #Brexit #CPTPP #freetradeagreements #UnitedKingdom
Kieran McAnulty’s great speech in the House on farmers, the #ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) and politicising this important issue for #NewZealand. Also hilarious reckons on Simeon Brown's qualification to comment on NZ agriculture.
Berlin-Paris clash over Mercosur worsens amid calls to split trade deal https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/berlin-paris-clash-over-mercosur-worsens-amid-calls-to-split-trade-deal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUMercosur #EUMercosurdeal #France #freetradeagreements #Germany
Berlin-Paris clash over Mercosur worsens amid calls to split trade deal https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/berlin-paris-clash-over-mercosur-worsens-amid-calls-to-split-trade-deal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUMercosur #EUMercosurdeal #France #freetradeagreements #Germany
Berlin-Paris clash over Mercosur worsens amid calls to split trade deal https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/berlin-paris-clash-over-mercosur-worsens-amid-calls-to-split-trade-deal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUMercosur #EUMercosurdeal #France #freetradeagreements #Germany
EU-India conclude ninth round of free trade agreement talks, core issues remain [Advocacy Lab Content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-india/news/eu-india-conclude-ninth-round-of-free-trade-agreement-talks-core-issues-remain/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUIndia #freetradeagreements
Blame Capitalism: for using investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) to elevate the rights of corporations over those of sovereign governments and local people, negating local laws and conservation efforts.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/31/how-a-us-mining-firm-sued-mexico-for-billions-for-trying-to-protect-its-own-seabed
#capitalism #neoliberalism #classwar #economics #bosses #workers #humanrights #environment #war #BlameCapitalism #freetradeagreements #isds
Germany wants upcoming Commission to pursue ‘EU only’ free trade agenda https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/germany-wants-upcoming-commission-to-pursue-eu-only-free-trade-agenda/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUcompetitionlaw #freetradeagreements #Germany #OlafScholz
> Though the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement excised many of the dubious investor-state dispute settlement clauses found in its predecessor—the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta—investors in Mexico’s energy sector are still eligible to sue the state for infringing on their expected profits...
‘Amendments to Agricultural Law would derail food self-sufficiency goals’: Nouminren, JAPAN https://viacampesina.org/en/amendments-to-agricultural-law-derail-food-self-sufficiency-goals-nouminren-japan/ #FreeTradeAgreements #FoodSovereignty
Pakistan: Wheat imports result in huge losses for peasants. Nationwide protest announced https://viacampesina.org/en/pakistan-wheat-imports-result-in-huge-losses-for-peasants-nationwide-protest-announced/ #FreeTradeAgreements #FoodSovereignty #SouthAsia
AGRIFISH council fails to recognise that it is big agri-businesseses that profit from FTAs : ECVC https://viacampesina.org/en/agrifish-council-fails-to-recognise-that-it-is-big-agri-businesseses-that-profit-from-ftas-ecvc/ #FreeTradeAgreements #Europe
Korea: Peasant Movements hold dialogue with European Counterparts on Farmers’ Protests https://viacampesina.org/en/korea-peasant-movements-hold-dialogue-with-european-counterparts-on-farmers-protests/ #SouthEastandEastAsia #FreeTradeAgreements #Europe #KWPA #KPL
Brazil: Declaration of La Via Campesina Brazil on the EU-Mercosur Agreement https://viacampesina.org/en/brazil-declaration-of-la-via-campesina-brazil-on-the-eu-mercosur-agreement/ #CapitalismandFreeTrade #FreeTradeAgreements #FreeTradeAgreement #Mercosur
Trade Agreement CETA threatens small and medium-scale livestock farms in Italy: ARI https://viacampesina.org/en/trade-agreement-ceta-threatens-small-and-medium-scale-livestock-farms-in-italy-ari/ #FreeTradeAgreements #PriceandIncome #MC13
Farmers’ protests in Europe and the deadend of neoliberalism https://viacampesina.org/en/farmers-protests-in-europe-and-the-deadend-of-neoliberalism/ #WorldTradeOrganisation #FreeTradeAgreements #PriceandIncome #MC13
WTO is unfit for purpose in an era of multiple crises; It is time for an Alternative: Asian Civil Society https://viacampesina.org/en/wto-is-unfit-for-purpose-in-era-of-multiple-crises-it-is-time-for-an-alternative-asian-civil-society/ #WorldTradeOrganisation #FreeTradeAgreements #MC13
Debt Crisis and Free Trade Agreements endanger Kenya’s food sovereignty: Kenyan Peasants League https://viacampesina.org/en/debt-crisis-and-free-trade-agreements-endanger-kenyas-food-sovereignty-kenyan-peasants-league/ #WesternandCentralAfrica #WorldTradeOrganisation #FreeTradeAgreements #MC13
