2007 Bulletins Index
AFTINET Bulletin No. 143
December 2007
- The new Trade Minister Simon Crean
- Fiji, PNG 'Turncoat' spells doom for region
- International groups concerned over free trade in climate policies
- WTO Update
- Free Trade Agreement update
- Aid/Watch fundraising trivia night
- Fair trade, corporate accountability and beyond: An experiments in 'globalising justice'
AFTINET Bulletin No. 142
November 2007
- Trade policy in the elections: still plenty of work to achieve trade justice
- Human Rights Body Uneasy About Impacts of CAFTA-DR in Costa Rica
- Small scale sustainable farmers are cooling down the earth
- WTO Update
- Bilateral FTA Updates
- A sip for global justice
- Against the NT Intervention: Family gathering and rally Nov 18
- Celebrate International Human Rights Day with the Iranian democratic movement, Dec
AFTINET Bulletin No 141
October 2007
- New Campaigner
- No ASEAN FTA deal that includes Burma
- Burma's economic protests turn political
- U.S. loses trade dispute over cotton subsidies
- WTO Update - Doha Round Doubtful
- FTA Update
- AFTINET AGM Reminder
- Burma Day of Interfaith Action and Prayer
- Fundraising evening to support Democracy in Zimbabwe
- Walk Against Warming
AFTINET Bulletin No 140
September 2007
- Did APEC achieve anything?
- APEC fails to address sex slavery, people trafficking say unions
- New free trade agreements update
- Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Sydney Annual Dinner September 26
- PIAC 25th Anniversary Dinner and Conference October 18 and 19
- John Pilger's, ‘The War on Democracy' opens nationally September 27
AFTINET Bulletin No 139
August 2007
- Alternative APEC public forum and Conference August 31 and September 1
- Sydney Peoples Alternative Rally and Festival
- Chinese Labour Activist Tour a success
- Free Trade Agreement Update
- US Democrats take aim at China in US presidential debate
- Doha is dead, time to rethink a new model of trade
AFTINET Bulletin No 138
July 2007
- Farewell to Michele and welcome temporary campaigner Melissa Vogt
- Coming events: China Labour Activist July 24-5 and APEC public meeting venue change
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) change legislation passed
- Civil Society letter to Pascal Lamy pronouncing WTO negotiations dead
- The Great Labour Debate in China, John Sutton
- Design it for Labour Rights! Competition
AFTINET Bulletin No 137
May 2007
- Event announcements
- AUSFTA pressures drive changes to PBS policy
- Free trade talks
- US Democrats compromise on trade
- Victory in Brazil on drug patents
- Victoria may lift ban on GM produce
- Fairtrade sales skyrocket
- Starbucks strike deal with Ethiopia
- Position available at Jubilee Australia
AFTINET Bulletin No 136
May 2007
- Welcome new campaigner - Lorissa Barrett
- Event announcements: Fair trade fortnight, Climate Change and the Pacific, alternative APEC events
- Campaign victory: Processing of blood products to remain in Australia
- ALP conference places conditions on China FTA, endorses environment and labour standards in trade policy
- AMWU study - Potential Employment Impacts of an Australia/China FTA
- Australia - Japan FTA negotiations begin. A Bad Deal Should be Stopped: Joint Statement from Japanese and Australian people
- US - South Korea FTA, the latest example of a devastating agreement
- Joseph Stiglitz on why free market fundamentalism does not work
- Battle over China's labour laws
AFTINET Bulletin No 135
March 2007
- AFTINET campaigner job share opportunity
- Global Day of Action to stop Free Trade Agreements, April 19
- ‘Free Trade, Fair for workers?' public forum event, April 28
- ‘Back on Track' union policy released
- ‘Rudd set for brawl with the left'
- Deadline for Doha under Bush's ‘fast track' expires! AFTINET media release
- ‘Fair terms must come before free trade' - Pat Ranald letter to the editor
- Japanese farmers visit AFTINET
AFTINET Bulletin No 134
February 2007
- AFTINET moves office - again!
- Invite to AFTINET Planning Meeting
- Volunteers needed for AFTINET website maintenance
- WTO talks set to resume
- ATINET letter on WTO talks published in the Financial Review
- Lobby State Governments - no to competitive tendering of blood products!
- World record holder urges ‘keep our blood donor system'
- Possible Asia Pacific Free Trade Agreement
- APEC event planned for September