CityNews – On 17th September 30 FTA (Free Trade Agreement) Watch members gathered in front of Chiang Mai City Hall to announce their upcoiming 2,000 people strong protest on 18th – 19th September at Thapae Gate to “watch” the 2nd FTA meeting at Le Meridien Chiang Mai Hotel on 16th – 20th September.
Nimit Tian-udom, an FTA Watch member and director of The AIDS Access Foundation, said the gathering will consist of people from many departments such as Alternative Agriculture Network, Organic Agriculture Group, HIV/AIDS Network, and more. During the gathering there will be activities to teach people about FTA and how it might affect everyday Thai people.
Kingkorn Narinkul Na Ayudthaya, one of the leaders, talked about the EU’s request for Thailand to become a member of UPOV (The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) 1991, as well as a member of the Budapest Convention and agree to Patents on Life. If Thailand agrees it is said it will affect farmers and the nation’s biological resources, which will also the nation’s food chain later on.
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