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The free trade agreement between the European Union and Japan, JEFTA [ 1 ] , is due to be ratified by the European Parliament in the week of 10 December. After negotiating the JEFTA in utter opacity, the European Commission and the Member States under the influence of neoliberal and business (...)
Intervention at the open space workshop on “Making GSP+ Work: Towards a Human Rights Compliant Philippines”, Asia Europe People’s Forum 12, September 29-October 1 2018, Ghent, Belgium.
The open space workshop on “Making GSP+ Work: Towards a Human Rights Compliant Philippines”, Asia Europe People’s (...)
During the 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum in Gent held before the 12th ASEM Summit, 18-19 October, Brussels, Belgium, Thai group mobilzed 28 September 2018 to request that the EU and Member States do not abandon the recognition of the illegitimacy of General Prayuth’s attempt to represent the (...)
Indonesian and European CSOs have proposed a progressive framework for the proposed new trade agreement
FULL STATEMENT
I. Introduction
This statement has been developed jointly by Indonesian and European civil society organisations. We believe that an EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic (...)
What is the investment agenda driving the negotiations for an Indonesia-Europe Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)? Can the alternative investment protection frameworks proposed by Indonesia and other countries promote more equitable and sustainable development?
Download The EU Indonesia CEPA negotiations (...)
EU-PHILIPPINES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A PRO-CORPORATE TRADE DEAL THAT WILL THREATEN PEOPLES RIGHTS AND WELFARE
Workers from SENTRO and Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) picketed the DTI Office in Cebu Friday as the second round of negotiations for EU-Philippines free trade agreement were winding (...)
PRESS RELEASE: ‘Responsible Mining’ threatened by EU-Philippines FTA
Amsterdam/Manila, May 24 2016 – As the first round of negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the EU commences in Brussels, a new report warns that it endangers effective regulation of the mining (...)
PRESS RELEASE EU-ASEAN FTA CAMPAIGN NETWORK-PHILIPPINES
Filipino trade campaigners amplify concerns over ambitious FTA with EU: Peoples Rights over Corporate Profits in trade talks
The first round of negotiations for an EU-Philippines Free Trade Agreement will commence next week (May 23-27) (...)
Presentation at the Workshop on Resource Conflicts in Asia: Europe’s Responsibility on 26 October 2015. Organized by Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Asiahouse Foundation and Philippinenburo.
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EU AND ASEAN EN ROUTE TO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP?
In May 2007, (...)
A statement regarding the treatment of Walden Bello upon arriving at Zaventem airport.
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) express their indignation at the decision of the Belgian Immigration to deny entry to Mr. Walden Bello, who has been invited as a (...)
The internal documents of the European Commission reveal the disgraceful attempts to push for higher levels of commitments in trade in industrial goods and agricultural products, services and investment liberalisation, geographical indications and government procurement under the proposed (...)
Brussels, 16 June 2011
The EU needs to give more prioriy to social issues and democratic reform in its cooperation policy with South Asia, urged two prominent social activists from the region in a meeting held in the European Parliament on Tuesday 14 June.
In the event organised by (...)
The EU-India free trade agreement currently under negotiation poses a serious threat development in India, and will have serious implications for many peoples’ livelihoods.
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Karel De Gucht Member of the European Commission BE-1049 Brussels
Brussels, 1st December 2010
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We would like to share with you the draft story/report on the Forum on Lisbon treaty and its impact of EU policies in the Philippines that was held in Quezon City, Philippines last February 18. This story is just for the first part of the day-long activity. The other half of the day was (...)
Contribution presented at the seventh Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) – Beijing, China, on October 13-15, 2008 – for the workshop “Free Trade Agreements – Contributing to sustainable development or double-edged swords?”, part of Cluster 2: “Social and Economic Rights and Environmental Justice”.
In (...)
The Partido ng Manggagawa as the political party of the working class in the Philippines rejects the proposed EU-ASEAN FTA for being a clear and present danger to the workers and the people of our country. An EU-ASEAN FTA will be more of the same “free trade” agreements whose purported aims is (...)
We publish on ESSF website, as document, the report of the 1st ASEM Social Partners Forum held in Brussels, 30 June–1 July 2008. It was the first meeting of this kind in relation to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) inter-governmental process. The notion of “social partners” included here both (...)
Members of the European parliament criticized Burma during a joint hearing of the Development Committee and the Human Rights Subcommittee last week ahead of a potential European Union (EU) resolution on Burma in the near future.
During the hearing on April 2, parliament members spoke out on (...)
This workshop was organised in Singapore the 4th April 2008 by the Asia-Europe Foundation, the China Institute of International Affairs and the European Institute of Asian Studies. It gives the point of view on the ASEM processes of para-governmental institutes following up this process. (...)
The current situation in Burma:
The human rights situation has deteriorated significantly in recent years. Following the suppression of the September 2007 democracy uprising, the regime has stepped up arrests and harassment of democracy activists, and increased its control over media and (...)
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