Camisa Once Varas FRANCES Q

This report by Friends of the Earth International argues that the current global trade and investment regime acts as a 'straitjacket' that prioritizes agribusiness and capitalist profitability over agroecology and food sovereignty. It details how international trade agreements and investment treaties restrict the ability of sovereign states to implement public policies that protect human rights, biodiversity, and small-scale food producers.

• The current trade and investment regime prioritizes the profitability of the agribusiness system, which views agriculture as a capitalist business space rather than a means of producing food, creating jobs, or generating income for small producers.
• Modern 'mega-regional' trade agreements and free trade agreements (FTAs) limit the sovereign capacity of states to implement domestic public policies by treating national legislation as barriers to trade.
• Investment treaties include specific clauses that protect transnational corporations (TNCs) and undermine state authority, such as the 'national treatment' clause, the 'most-favored-nation' clause, and the 'fair and equitable treatment' clause.
• The agribusiness model promotes 'flexible crops'—multi-use crops for human food, animal feed, and energy—which are highly profitable on financial markets but often lead to land grabbing and the displacement of small-scale producers.
• The agribusiness system exacerbates gender inequality and vulnerability for women, who often make up a majority of food producers but face greater difficulties accessing land and are victims of various forms of violence.
• The European Union acts as a driver of agribusiness by financing development funds and technical assistance that support industrial agribusinesses in Africa, often ignoring the local cultural and environmental contexts of small farmers.
• Agroecology is presented as a viable alternative that promotes economic, ecological, climatic, and social justice by empowering small-scale producers and treating land as a common good with a social function rather than a financial asset.
• To consolidate agroecology, the report recommends reforming the investment regime to prioritize state public policy competencies, limiting dispute resolution to national jurisdictions, and creating a legally binding instrument to judge human rights violations committed by transnational corporations.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Camisa Once Varas FRANCES Q. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Camisa-Once-Varas-FRANCES-Q-1.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Camisa Once Varas FRANCES Q. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Camisa-Once-Varas-FRANCES-Q-1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndcamisa, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Camisa Once Varas FRANCES Q}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Camisa-Once-Varas-FRANCES-Q-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }