Activists in Chile have made their government draw red lines on the corporate-friendly investment deal. North Americans could take a lesson.
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Just two months after mass graves were discovered in Malaysia, the U.S. State Department upgraded the country's human rights ranking. Here's why.
Legislation to fast track new trade pacts specifically targets supporters of the BDS movement against the Israeli occupation.
If they wanted to, members of Congress could share the secret TPP text with the American people. Here's how.
The administration's push to ram massive new trade and investment deals through Congress is an unambiguous concession to corporate power.
Before Obama's State of the Union address falls out of the news cycle, here are the foreign policy tidbits you need to remember.
How fighting back against one arcane, Nixon-era trade negotiating procedure could put a stop to a global corporate coup.
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Free trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership undermine democracy and sovereignty.
With the U.S. Congress deadlocked over trade, Chile's progressive new government may be able to win new protections and increase transparency in the TPP talks.