Job : Campaign Coordinator for the European campaign against investor privileges, and for corporate accountability
Deadline: October 3 The Seattle to Brussels network (S2B) is looking for a campaigner coordinator for the European campaign against Investor to State dispute Settlement (ISDS) and for corporate accountability, starting November 1st 2018 for a period of one...
EU-Indonesia material
This page provides you with an overview on materials that have been by a wide of civil society organisations on the negotiations for a trade agreement between Indonesia and the EU. The negotiations started in July 2016 and text...
European letter on the EU-Japan FTA to members of national parliaments
May 22, 2018 To Honorable Members of Parliament, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, hereby express our deep concern about the planned fast-tracking of the ratification of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. JEFTA is the biggest trade agreement ever...
Legitimising an Unsustainable Approach to Trade
A discussion paper on sustainable development provisions in EU Free Trade Agreements. The incorporation of provisions in the EU’s free trade agreements (FTA) has been much debated. But are the overall objectives of these FTAs truly compatible with a...
Civil Society Statement – EU Trade and Investment Policy must be democratised
We, the undersigned civil society organisations call for a fundamental overhaul of the trade policy decision-making process for ongoing and future trade and investment agreements of the EU. Download the pdf version Modern trade agreements are increasing in scope,...
A World Court for Corporations : new report exposes dangers of proposed Multilateral Investment Court
Berlin/Brussels/Geneva/Washington – A new report released today warns that the European Commission’s proposed Multilateral Investment Court (MIC) threatens to lock in an undemocratic investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) scheme that undermines national democratic authority and prioritizes corporate profits above all...
Myths and risks of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement
Download the policy brief Myths and risks of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement is published by Transnational Institute, Paung Ku, KESAN, Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA), Land in Our Hands (LIOH) network, CIDSE, MISEREOR, Info Birmanie, Secours...
Mexico and European civil society concerns and proposals about “modernisation” of the EU-Mexico global agreement
Find the Spanish version here The EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (which is part of the Global Agreement) entered into force 17 years ago. The existing free trade agreement allowed the EU to get 95% of goods and services liberalisation....
Secretive EU-Japan trade deal to be finalised away from public eye
March 21, 2017 Brussels/Tokyo Joint civil society statement on the Eu-Japan free trade agreement We, the undersigned civil society organisations from Japan and Europe, hereby express our deep concern about the EU-Japan Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (JEFTA)....
CETA vote: backward step for the environment, global inequalities and workers’ rights
Strasbourg, Wednesday 15th February – the EU-Canada trade deal ratified by the European Parliament today is a step backward for tackling some of the world’s biggest crises and will do nothing to improve the lives of the majority of...
Over 450 European and Canadian civil society groups urge legislators to reject CETA
PRESS RELEASE Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada today urged legislators to vote against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They joined forces to defend people and planet against the threats posed by the...