Manuel Pérez-Rocha Associate

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Manuel Pérez-Rocha is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington and works for its Global Economy Project. Manuel is a regular contributor to TNI's Trade and Investment and Corporate Power work.

Twitter: @ManuelPerezIPS (external link)

Manuel has worked for many years with the Mexican Action Network of Free Trade (RMALC) fighting free trade and investment agreements, from NAFTA to the MAI the FTAA and the Mexico European Union FTA. For more than a decade, he has focused on the intersection of corporate rights (ISDS), extractive industries, and the defense of human rights. He has sat on the Advisory Board of the Dutch Fair and Green Alliance (FGG). He writes regularly for the Mexican progressive newspaper La Jornada.

Latest work

ISDS en números Radiografia del poder transnacional en México: el regimen de protección de inversiones y sus consecuencias
Tratados de libre comercio (TLC)

Protección de inversiones
Este informe es un compendio de las últimas cifras publicadas de los casos inversionista-Estado conocidos contra MÉXICO hasta el 31 de Diciembre de 2021. Todas las demandas se inician en base a un tratado internacional de inversiones. Los principales resultados incluyen.
Paper by

Lucía Bárcena

Luciana Ghiotto

Bettina Müller

Cecilia Olivet

Manuel Pérez-Rocha
Publication date: 2 June 2022
Beware of European incursions

Free Trade Agreements

“Electricity should be owned by the people”, declared Bernd Lange, the chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA), during a recent visit to the Mexican Senate. But this should also apply to other energy and natural resources. The “modernization” of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mexico raises great concerns, because it may result in a greater surrender of sovereignty and shows many shortcomings in environmental protection.

Article by

Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Publication date: 10 March 2022
Empresas transnacionales y libre comercio en México Caravana sobre los impactos socioambientales (#ToxiTourMexico)

Impunidad corporativa
El informe examina cómo en los últimos 30 años, México se ha convertido en uno de los principales paraísos industriales a nivel planetario, es decir, uno de los laboratorios más avanzados para el libre comercio y la desregulación.
Report by

Martín Álvarez-Mullaly

Iñaki Barcena

Lucía Bárcena

Lucía Benavides

Lorenzo Bozada

Cristina Caldera

Alan Carmona

Refugio Choreño

Peter Clausing

Thomas Dürmeier

Sofía Enciso

Graciela González

Ralf Häußler

Julisa Hernández

Fabiola Lara

Martin Mantxo

Julia Martí

Cindy McCulligh

Alejandra Méndez Serrano

Laura Méndez Rivas

Rocío Montaño

Bettina Müller

Cecilia Olivet

Mercedes Páramo

Mayra Peña Contreras

Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Olivier Petitjean

Federico Pohls Fuentevilla

Alejandra Ramírez Varela

Patricia Rendón

Giovanna Segura

Sabrina Spitznagel

Mónica Vargas

Oswaldo Villegas

Los equipos de la Taula per Mèxic y de Multiwatch

las oficinas de la Eurodiputada Leïla Chaibi y de la Senadora Patricia Torres Ray (Minnesota, Estados Unidos)
Publication date: 11 October 2021