originally published here. August 2025 In 1972, Salvador Allende stood before the United Nations General Assembly and offered a searing indictment of corporate power. He warned of a world where transnational corporations eclipsed sovereign governments, where economic imperialism supplanted democratic governance, and where the fate of nations was subordinated to the balance sheets […]| Focus on the Global South
by Joseph Purugganan Inputs made in the Panel Discussion on Who Controls the Green Transition-and What Would a People Centred Industrial Strategy Look Like? Global Convening on Reclaiming Industrial Policy for the People: Civil Society’s Role in Green Structural Transformation held from 28-29 August 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa The main questions for this […]| Focus on the Global South
Forum for Trade Justice, 30th August 2025| Focus on the Global South
Joint statement on the Department for Business and Trade’s proposed review of responsible business conduct: Six criteria to ensure the review is meaningful. We welcome the news that the Department for Business and Trade will be reviewing its “approach to ensuring responsible business conduct, focusing on the global supply chains of businesses operating in the... The post Joint statement on the Department for Business and Trade’s proposed review of responsible business conduct appeared f...| ABColombia
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
