Bilateral and regional free trade agreements increasingly substitute for the World Trade Organization in trade negotiations. Accordingly, civil society organisations opposed to trade liberalisation target this new generation of trade agreements as well. This paper examines the case of activists concerned about agricultural and food issues in India who raised their voice against the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), negotiated by India with the European Union and Asian and Oceanian countries, respectively.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/food-can%E2%80%99t-be-traded-civil-society%E2%80%99s-discursive-power-context-agricultural
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Food Cant Be Traded.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/icrier
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trade
