AFTINET, also at @aftinet.bsky.social

The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) campaigns for fair trade based on human rights, labour rights and environmental sustainability.

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📢Sign the Petition 📢
Stop investors like Clive Palmer from suing our government for billions over climate change policies https://t.co/DfSsxKpZoA

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AFTINET is calling for the removal of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the CPTPP review. ISDS lets foreign corporations sue governments for public interest laws, including climate policy. https://t.co/i0kgkFf5aZ

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AFTINET held a webinar on Wednesday, 27 May, discussing the aftermath of the Santa Marta First Conference on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels.

The Youtube video of the webinar can be found here. https://t.co/rkKdqFS3jg

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The current Ebola outbreak in Africa is exposing the same structural failure of global access to medicines depending on where you live, not the urgency of need. https://t.co/IyaI3OxRi6

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Ireland is facing its first ISDS case, brought by a UK-based fossil fuel company over a rejected offshore project. The claim comes amid Ireland’s efforts to phase down fossil fuel development. https://t.co/ThVSIDFSdJ

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New Triodos Bank analysis warns that ISDS is obstructing climate policy and calls for stronger action to address its role in delaying the energy transition. https://t.co/4tYbM1DGJk

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AI regulation is increasingly being treated as a national security issue, and that could drive more ISDS claims against States. https://t.co/zmamgDpI7o

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📣Join us alongside @AFTINET for this important webinar on May 27, 3–4pm (FJT).

Tune in as experts unpack the implications for Aus 🇦🇺 , the Pacific, and Indigenous rights.

Register: https://t.co/sYI8z9947w

#JustTransition #ClimateJustice #ISDS #PacificClimate #IndigenousRights

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Chinese owner of Darwin Port suing the Australian government shows why trade deals must exclude ISDS.

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Shades of Clive Palmer.
China Port of Darwin owner is suing the govt bc - duh! we gave corporations the rights to sue Australia in one of these great 'Free Trade' deals
#ISDS #auspol @AFTINET
https://t.co/rL1jytzxza

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Australia joined 56 governments in Colombia last week to map out practical steps to phase out fossil fuels, where countries openly discussed whether ISDS is blocking fossil fuel phaseout and what to do about it. https://t.co/8wk6j6gr8h

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Ahead of last week's fossil fuel transition summit, civil society groups released a major statement calling for urgent, just action to meet net zero by 2050, including urging governments to withdraw from ISDS arrangements. https://t.co/XPIi7oPeFo

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Over 340 civil society groups from over 50 countries are calling on governments to end ISDS, which lets corporations sue over climate action and a barrier to a just transition. https://t.co/seHUBxeCkW

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Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is suing Canada for $2bn over a rejected Alberta coal mine, in one of the first ISDS cases under the CPTPP. https://t.co/tidA0IljDY

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The text for the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement has been partly released. AFTINET is giving its analysis on the interim text so far. https://t.co/jP2r3PF6ch

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Colombia signals it will withdraw from ISDS ahead of global fossil fuel transition talks in Santa Marta as momentum builds for an end to ISDS. https://t.co/bEy95ac0YS

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The US and Big Pharma want Australia to raise medicine prices or face tariffs. Australians shouldn’t pay billions more just to match a broken US system. https://t.co/SiovLdkjH4

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DFAT are reviewing the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement a decade on. AFTINET’s submission calls for stronger commitments on climate, labour rights, and protections for public interest regulation. https://t.co/EFseKH1yUy

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Australia & Indonesia are reviewing IACEPA. AFTINET’s submission calls for stronger commitments on climate action and labour rights, while removing harmful provisions like ISDS. https://t.co/xgjghwARtP

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Civil society says World Trade Organization talks collapsed because of Trump’s pressure tactics for derailing negotiations and sidelining developing countries. https://t.co/xutzYq2RAt

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Talks at the World Trade Organization #MC14 have been suspended after members failed to agree on the e-commerce moratorium as well as broader reform. https://t.co/J164O3ulZe

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Civil society groups are urging WTO ministers in Yaoundé to reject US/EU-led proposals they say would undermine development and fairness in global trade. https://t.co/BQlmLwEk32