Call to Indian Government: No WTO-Doha compromise

18 Giugno, 2009
Focus on the Global South
Date: 18 June, 2009 Dear Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh, As the newly formed UPA coalition government is just settling in to govern for the next five years, there is news that Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is already on his way to the United States (US) to bilaterally iron out differences to seal the trade deal that was launched during the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 4th Ministerial Meeting in Doha. At stake in these trade negotiations are hundreds of millions of livelihoods in the farming and non-agriculture sectors that India has fought hard to preserve over the past eight years since the launch of the Doha Development Round.

US pressure on Indian Cabinet formation?

16 Giugno, 2009
Indian Express
There is a rather odd interview Anand Sharma has given to Reuters. He is off to Washington and the interview comes just before the visit. Part of the interview is about India being keen to break the deadlock in WTO negotiations.

Our World is not for Sale Network at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Development

Program with the co-sponsored events of 'Our World is not for Sale' Network at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Development, New York, June 22-24, 2009. And the panflet also includes our "talking points": Global “free” trade is the Root Cause of the Financial Crisis.
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Program with the co-sponsored events of 'Our World is not for Sale' Network at the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Development. And "talking points": Global “free” trade is the Root Cause of the Financial Crisis.
Dear all:

The attached document is the program with the co-sponsored events of 'Our World is not for Sale' Network at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Development, New York, June 22-24, 2009:

- Tuesday, June 23rd: Towards a people-centered economy: Alternative responses to the crisis

When?: 7:30 PM – Where?: Brecht Forum - 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets) New York City

- Thursday, June 25th: People's rights not corporate profits: close International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), challenge free trade agreements and build just economic and social governance

When?: 1:15 - 2:45 pm – Where?: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters

The panflet also includes our "talking points": Global “free” trade is the Root Cause of the Financial Crisis.

Please help us to distribute it widely! Thank you very much!

Prepared by member groups of the 'Our World Is Not For Sale' Network [OWINFS] for the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development

TRIPS and FTAs have adverse impact on access to drugs

4 Giugno, 2009
SUNS #6712

TRIPS and FTAs have adverse impact on access to drugs

Geneva, 3 Jun (Kanaga Raja) -- The WTO TRIPS Agreement and the TRIPS-plus
provisions in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have had an adverse impact on
prices and availability of medicines, making it difficult for countries to
comply with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to
health, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr Anand Grover,
said on Tuesday.

Canadians ask Federal Government to Halt Ratification of Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement in Light of Peruvian Police Massacre of Indigenous Protesters

10 Giugno, 2009
Council of Canadians
Non-governmental organizations are urgently asking Canadians to write to senators, MPs and the Prime Minister to express their outrage at the police massacre of peaceful Indigenous protesters in Peru, and to demand that the Canadian government halt its implementation of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that is now before the Senate as Bill C-24.

STOP the Violence Against Peruvian Indigenous People: STOP NOW THE FTAs! / PAREMOS LA VIOLENCIA contra los pueblos indígenas en Perú!: PAREMOS los TLCs!

The Indigenous populations of the Peruvian Amazonia started a general and peaceful strike for almost 60 days to protest against 10 legislative decrees promoted by the Peruvian Government in order to comply with the Free trade Agreement (FTA) with US that threatens their rights and their environment. More specifically, the FTA with the US permits oil and mining companies to enter 44 out of 75 million hectares of Amazonian forest, which are Indigenous territories, without any kind of agreement or even consultation.

New world trade deal by 2010 says WTO chief

9 Giugno, 2009
AAP Financial News
Eight torturous years of talks over a new global trade pact should reach a conclusion next year after changes in the US and Indian governments, WTO chief Pascal Lamy said on Tuesday.

The EU India FTA: Critical Considerations in a Time of Crisis

11 Giugno, 2009
Shefali Sharma, CENTAD
The paper broadly examines the core trade interests of the EU and India, the content of the negotiations and outlines some key concerns of a potential deal for India in the areas of goods, services and investments, intellectual property rights and government procurement.