(ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ) Resisting RCEP from the ground up : Indian movements show the way by GRAIN & ICCFM | 29 Jul 2020 Short piece by GRAIN and India's ICCFM recounting the seven-year long fight carried out in India and other Asia-Pacific countries against the RCEP, a mega free trade agreement. Despite many divisions, the movement against RCEP in India succeeded in getting the government to change course. Short piece by GRAIN and India's ICCFM recounting the seven-year long fight carried out in India and other Asia-Pacific countries against the RCEP, a mega free trade agreement. Despite many divisions, the movement against RCEP in India succeeded in getting the government to change course.
(ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ) Perils of the US - India free trade agreement for Indian farmers by GRAIN | 28 Jul 2020 Entreprises US President Trump and India Prime Minister Modi made an announcement in February 2020 that they would soon conclude “phase one” of a comprehensive trade deal between their two countries. It was a shock for millions of Indians in different sectors - especially farmers, dairy producers and street hawkers - who just won a long battle against the mega-regional trade deal being finalised in Asia, the RCEP. No one had imagined that the key concerns which made India pull out of RCEP, would be swept aside as the government negotiates yet another disastrous trade deal, this time with the United States. US President Trump and India Prime Minister Modi made an announcement in February 2020 that they would soon conclude “phase one” of a comprehensive trade deal between their two countries. It was a shock for millions of Indians in different sectors - especially farmers, dairy producers and street hawkers - who just won a long battle against the mega-regional trade deal being finalised in Asia, the RCEP. No one had imagined that the key concerns which made India pull out of RCEP, would be swept aside as the government negotiates yet another disastrous trade deal, this time with the United States.