An EU trade policy fit for the future
Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash It is time to move on from a worn-out, broken model of trade policy and create a new approach to trade that is fit for the future. At present, trade rules tend to…
Learning session: green tech and trade rules
The green transition urgently needs a rollout and sharing of climate technologies - which is also a huge economic opportunity. Yet we see big business and powerful economies hoarding the licences and the instruction manuals. This forces the global South…
EU exits the ECT
Today the EU took the final decision to exit the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), with a final green light from the Council. This is a massive victory for activists across Europe who have been calling for this to happen…
Learning sessions
The European Trade Justice Coalition held a series of three learning sessions about issues on the cutting edge of trade policy and the way it impacts people and planet. From raw materials to green industrial development? Resource-rich countries in the…
Ask your MEP candidates to support a just EU trade policy
Demand trade justice politics from your candidates in the 2024 European Parliament elections! European trade and investment agreements are still not in line with EU´s climate and sustainable development ambitions - in fact they are in stark contradiction. We, as…
European Parliament votes to exit climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty
Today the European Union took a step closer to exiting the high risk Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), when the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to leave the treaty. This little known and outdated treaty is being used by the fossil fuel…
100 organizations from around the world call on Ecuador to defend its sovereignty against ISDS!
Ecuador must defend its right to say NO to international investment tribunals and to the privileges afforded to foreign investors The undersigned organizations strongly encourage the people of Ecuador to vote NO to arbitration on April 21st! Investor-State dispute settlement…