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…
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…
100+ Organisations Call on MEPs to vote against EU-Chile Deal
In January 2024, Members of the European Parliament will have to decide whether to approve an exploitative green-washed trade agreement with Chile. The agreement, which has been in place since 2003, is to be expanded, and the addition of a…
Stop the EU New Zealand Trade Deal!
Fifty civil society organizations call on the European Parliament not to ratify the trade agreement with New Zealand. The European Parliament must decide in the coming months whether to approve the free trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand.…
Civil Society Statement – Stop unjust trade – Stop EU-Mercosur, EU-Chile and EU-Mexico
+++Español abajo/Português abaixo/Deutsch weiter unten/Francais ci-dessous+++ Stop unjust trade – Stop EU-Mercosur, EU-Chile and EU-Mexico Ahead of the EU-CELAC summit between the EU member States and Latin American & Caribbean States we, the coalition “Stop EU-Mercosur” as well as the…
180 organisations call for an Alternative to the EU Mercosur Trade Agreement
Find the Spanish version here, the Portuguese here and German here We firmly believe that the countries of the MERCOSUR and the EU need to improve and transform their relationship. In the last three years social movements, civil society organisations,…
The EU must U-turn its trade policy – new Raw Materials Act (CRMA) helps cement an unjust world order
We, civil society organisations advocating for trade justice worldwide, are deeply concerned about the European Union's strategy for accessing critical materials, recently published in a new Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The Act reveals that the EU's priority is to…
209 Civil Society Organisations Say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights
En français | En español | Auf Deutsch In order to bypass criticism by some EU governments and parliaments, the European Commission wants to change the voting process for upcoming trade agreements with Mexico, Chile and the Mercosur countries (Brazil,…
TRIPS and COVID: Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
Read the statement in German Current global architecture on intellectual property is a threat to public health At a time when the COVID pandemic has now cost more than million people their lives, many more have lost their livelihoods. The…
Civil Society Letter on CETA
We, the undersigned organisations express our deep concern about the approach of the Irish Government to effectively slip through Ireland’s ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. We there fore call for the postponement of the Government’s motion proposed for this…
Human rights, environment and climate protection before profits
Three principles to reshape trade and investment to overcome the crisis FRENCH | GERMAN | SPANISH | GREEK In less than half a year, the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally reshuffled the cards of economic globalisation. Complex supply chains, the international…