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AID/WATCH monitors the increased shift towards the negotiation of bilateral trade agreements. We work to expose where aid is used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations particularly where further trade liberalisation becomes a condition for aid grants and loans. Our current focus is monitoring the push for a Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) alongside our civil society counterparts in the region.
Bali December 2007
PACER Plus is a proposed free trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and 14 Pacific Island countries, which will cover trade in goods, services and investment. PACER Plus will have major impacts on Pacific Island economies and communities, including significant losses in government revenue, undermining of public services, business closures and job losses. To find out more about PACER Plus and its potential implications on Pacific Islands, click here
