Financing for Development, Tax Justice and Debt Justice
by Anusha Lall| Focus on the Global South
Press Release 31 July 2025, New Delhi: The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed on 24 July 2025 by the Governments of India and the UK. Government press releases and media reports have advertised the major opportunities within the CETA. However, the Forum for Trade Justice —a group of 100 civil society organisations and trade […]| Focus on the Global South
23 July 2025 A trade deal between the US and the Philippines was announced recently after President Marcos, Jr.’s meeting with US President Trump. While the details have yet to be disclosed, and there are reports characterizing the outcome as more “a loose framework of a deal”, what has been reported so far are […]| Focus on the Global South
Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the discussions. Allow me as well On behalf of Focus on the Global South as one of the co-organizers, to thank everyone for joining this side event at the HRC 59 to share the findings of a report on transnational landowners and inequality and the case for redistribution.| Focus on the Global South
Trade Justice Pilipinas Press Statement 10 July 2025 A Wake-Up Call Against Trump’s Weaponization of Trade Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 20% tariff on Philippine goods is a blatant weaponization of trade policy—an act of economic strong-arming that punishes countries like ours for incurring trade surplus with the USA. This kind of unilateralism […]| Focus on the Global South
Date: July 9, 2025 To: Sri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India Subject – Urgent need for Indian intervention on the proposals on the future of genetic resources in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) The 14th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working […]| Focus on the Global South
We, the undersigned civil society organisations from the 15 member countries* of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), call upon RCEP governments to continue to exclude Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the RCEP. After strong civil society opposition and much public debate, governments agreed to exclude ISDS from the RCEP, which came into force for […]| Focus on the Global South
By Walden Bello* The recent unilateral strikes by the US on Iran’s nuclear development sites underline the fact that multilateralism is dead, and has been so for some time. It is not only when it comes to the question of the deployment of military power that multilateralism is shown to be dead or dying. […]| Focus on the Global South
In a time of global uncertainty, what could a free trade deal with the EU do for the Philippines? by Joseph Purugganan* In March 2024, the European Union and the Philippines announced the resumption of negotiations on a “comprehensive and modern” free trade agreement (FTA). After two rounds, the two parties have commenced discussions on […]| Focus on the Global South
Americans are pessimistic about economic growth and the stock market, with a majority now expecting their personal finances to worsen.| Gallup.com
The need to end access for multinational companies to the Investor State Dispute settlement mechanism especially in Colombia| ABColombia
