Crikey! Australia Shocks Corporate America on Trade
U.S. corporate lobby groups bash Australia for refusing to give foreign investors powerful new rights in the Trans-Pacific trade deal.
Trade Agreements & Human Rights: How Victimizers Sue Victims in Latin America
IPS Associate Fellow Manuel Pérez-Rocha will lead a workshop as part of Ecumenical Advocacy Day for Global Peace with Justice on “Trade Agreements & Human Rights: How Victimizers Sue Victims in Latin America.”
High Stakes for Immigration
We need outside-the-box solutions that both protect human rights and make economic sense.
Mining for Profits
A foreign gold mining company is suing El Salvador.
Groups come together outside World Bank tribunal to defend El Salvador, defeat unfair trade policy
Over 100 people protested today at the World Bank building, as a tribunal housed inside the building decided the fate of El Salvador under the provisions of CAFTA.
Protest outside World Bank tribunal: Civil society leaders denounce mining corporation lawsuit against El Salvador over rights to gold
On Thursday, Institute for Policy Studies Director John Cavanagh will join labor unions, local Salvadorans, and others to call for justice for El Salvador and fair U.S. trade policy at a rally in front of the World Bank building.
The Modern Gold Rush
Multinational mining interests are using trade and investment treaties to turn profits and undermine democracy.
Occupy APEC with Aloha
APEC’s leaders are pushing more of the same in the Pacific — but civil society is pushing back.
The Puzzling Persistence of APEC
APEC’s record of irrelevance is rivaled by few other international forums.
Big Agriculture’s Latin American Exploits
Without any tariffs padding the price of our exports, cheap U.S. grain would flood Colombia.
Panama: Free-Trade Tax Haven
A free-trade deal would normalize Panama’s status as a notorious tax haven for U.S.-based corporations.
Will Obama Sabotage His Jobs Plan With Job-Killing Free-Trade Agreements?
The man who called NAFTA “devastating” and “a big mistake” on the campaign trail is promoting free-trade agreements.
Capital Controls and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The first trade agreement to be negotiated by the Obama administration should allow governments to control volatile capital flows.
Third Prize: You’re Fired
President Obama is trying to sell free trade agreements as win-win deals. The problem is that most people will only win dubious prizes.
How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule
The most powerful master is the one who rules unseen and unmentioned.