NO RCEP Regional Week of Action
The RCEP is expected to impact on the lives of 3.5 billion people living in the region. It has been negotiated in secret, so while certain corporate and [READ MORE]
Articles by peopleoverprofit
CETA Trade Deal Undermines European Democracy: Could Help Investors Attack EU “Public Interest Safeguards”
Thousands of people in Brussels have taken to streets to protest against the planned free trade deals between the US, the EU and Canada amid fears that they [READ MORE]
When two giants merge – Monsanto-Bayer merger won’t hide corporate horrors
The colossus which will arise from a merger between pharmaceutical giant Bayer and agrochemical and seeds giant Monsanto must not divert attention from the true nature of Monsanto’s food crimes. [READ MORE]
Trade for the People, not for Corporate Elites!
A Call to Action to Stop RCEP, TPP, TTIP, CETA, TiSA and EPAs! The world’s people have long been subject to ever-worsening poverty and injustice – from the [READ MORE]
Briefer on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
With the lackluster performance of the WTO negotiations in the past years, monopoly capital has renewed its focus on bilateral and regional free trade agreements (FTAs). This reorientation [READ MORE]
Primer on the WTO Bali Package
The package of proposals being negotiated towards and post Bali is obviously imbalanced against developing countries. While some developed countries argue that the global trade system needs “some [READ MORE]
Primer on 21st Century Free Trade Agreements
IBON Primer on 21st Century Free Trade Agreements New free trade deals across regions such as the Transpacific Partnership Agreement, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and Trade-in-Services-Agreement, among [READ MORE]
WTO Nairobi Ministerial: ‘Permanent solution to Food Security? Junk the WTO!’
No solution in sight from a system that breeds the world’s problems, warns global activists a day ahead of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization [READ MORE]
FTAs undermine our right to health and the fight against climate change
Climate change threatens the right to health. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is already responsible for approximately 150,000 deaths every year. [1] It also worsens [READ MORE]
WTO Nairobi Declaration: Death Certificate for the Doha Development Mandate
By: Paul Quintos IBON International Updates #16 Trade Paves the way for neoliberal expansion of the WTO Nairobi, 19 DECEMBER – After extending for a final non-stop 24-hour [READ MORE]