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World Trade Organisation
The World Trade Organisation was formed in 1995 to replace previous trade agreements with more legally binding agreements which now cover goods, agriculture, services and intellectual property rights. The WTO has attracted protest because its agreements promote the rights of transnational investors over human rights. The WTO reaches into many areas of regulation which should be decided democratically by governments, including levels of foreign investment, the provision and regulation of essential services like health, education and water, and even the price of medicines and responses to climate change. AFTINET campaigns for a fair multilateral trading system which would not undermine human rights and democracy. Read more... |
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Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a new regional trade agreement that was meant to have negotiations begin in March 2009 but were postponed by the US. The TPPA builds on the existing agreement between New Zealand, Chile, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, but includes the United States,Peru and Australia. Australia's decision to enter into negotiations on the TPPA will see all of our current agreements with those countries opened up again for re-negotiation, jeopardising any current protections that were retained. This allows the US again to pressure the government to change the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, media content laws, and other aspects of important social policy. Read more... |
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China Australia FTA Australia is now three years into negotiating its troubled Free Trade Agreement with China which, in its current form, gives no recognition to human rights, labour rights or environmental protections, despite the violations of these rights in China. The FTA would also threaten jobs in Australian manufacturing and textiles industries, many of which are located in regional areas of high unemployment AFTINET is campaigning to stop the China/Australia FTA. Read more... |
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