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May 2, 2024
Legislate To Increase Transparency, Include Labour And Environmental Standards And Exclude Corporate Rights To Sue Governments
February 7, 2024
“AFTINET welcomes the main conclusions of the Interim Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the government’s approach to negotiating trade agreements that the process should be more transparent for stakeholders, parliament and the public,” ...
September 6, 2023
Australia's Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 announce today will “review the scope of existing Free Trade Agreements to determine priorities for agreement upgrade negotiations.” “This review is welcome news for those deeply disturbed ...
July 6, 2023
AFTINET today joins sixteen organisations from Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)* countries calling for more transparency in IPEF negotiations between Australia, the US and 12 Indo Pacific countries taking place in Busan, South Korea from July 8. ...
May 26, 2023
Twenty-eight community organisations representing hundreds of thousands of Australians have written to the Trade Minister about the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations between Australia, the US and 12 Indo Pacific countries taking place ...
April 4, 2023
“We congratulate the Albanese Labor government on reaching agreement with the UK not to apply rules that enable foreign investors to sue governments when the UK joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),” ...
May 31, 2021
“The British Trade Minister has confirmed that corporate rights to sue governments are being discussed in the final negotiations for the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement before an announcement at the G7 meeting in the UK on June 11-13. This is unacceptable ...