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Japan “Twisting Arms” of Asian Neighbors to Take Toxic Waste
20 February 07
...The most recent revelation which betrays Japan’s intent to export
its hazardous waste to other countries in the region comes from an
uncovered contract solicitation made by the Japanese government
in August 2006 to assess the use of bilateral agreements
“for bidirectional movement of toxic wastes between Japan and
Asian countries.” Contract for the said study was awarded by the
Japanese government to Shinko Research Co. LTD...
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NGOs fear there’s a hidden agenda in Japan FTA
17 February 2007
...Thailand would lose an opportunity to study micro-organisms
if the government inked the agreement, which would allow Japanese
researchers to register a microbiology patent while Thailand would
not be able to register the micro-organisms because
it had no system to do so...
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Access to medicines
The agreements must be written in two languages,
since Thai is the country's official language.
The US must not take linguistic advantage over the
negotiating sessions and must respect the sovereignty
of both negotiating parties.
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Fighting FTAs: The international Strategy Workshop
During July 27-29, 2006, FTA Watch, GRAIN and Bilaterals.org
organized the first ever international workshop
to make a strategic analysis of the struggles
against FTA in Bangkok, Thailand.
Participants come from social movements
that are struggling against FTAs or bilateral trade
agreements in 19 countries.
...These superpowers use “divide and conquer”
tactics both at international and regional levels to
pressure each country to conclude the
negotiations as soon as possible in competition
with each other
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