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 Catholique…
Mexico and European civil society concerns and proposals about “modernisation” of the EU-Mexico global agreement
foto: Geraint Rowland 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…
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). In…
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 citizens…
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 EU-Canada…
European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA
Joint Statement : 455 European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA Download the PDF version November 2016 We, the undersigned civil society organisations from Canada and Europe, hereby express our deep concern about the Comprehensive Economic…
Open letter from 11 Canadian academics on CETA
An open letter to the parliament of Wallonia and Belgian voters on the proposed CETA and its foreign investor protection system, by 11 Canadian academics. This letter is reproduced here for information only. Download the PDF version. Published 17…
New report: Making Sense of CETA available now!
The report is available free of charge here. Joint press statement by S2B, PowerShift, AbL, BUND, Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung European and Canadian NGOs call for an immediate halt of the CETA free trade agreement A new study gives an…
Call for a democratic and broad discussion of CETA in the European Parliament
Letter sent to INTA coordinators on 24 August 2016 See the letter as PDF 24 August 2016 Dear Mr. Bernd Lange, Chair of the INTA Committee Mr. Daniel Caspary, Coordinator of the INTA Committee Lord Dartmouth, Coordinator of the INTA…
TTIP-Leak: EU’s Proposal prevents Paris Climate Promise
Foto: doubichlou Six months ago in Paris, almost 200 governments committed for the first time to a universal agreement that would tackle climate change, promising to reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase the use of renewable energy. A…
Withdraw the TTIP mandate, say 240 European organisations
Download this letter To Mr. Donald Tusk President of the European Council B-1048 Brussels To the EU Heads of State and Government Europe, 27 June 2016 Dear members of the European Council, On the occasion of your meeting on 28…