Civil Society call for democratic control of EU-UK trade relations
Dear members of the European Parliament, As civil society organisations from the UK and the EU, we want to express our concerns regarding the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement which is currently provisionally applied and is to be ratified by…
Open Letter regarding the economic impacts of the EU-Mercosur agreement
Read in German | French |Italian |Portugese | Spanish We, the undersigning economists, want to contribute to a critical assessment of the EU-Mercosur agreement that is being prepared for ratification by EU Member States, EU institutions and Mercosur countries. According…
Why trade matters in the fight against climate breakdown
Jean Blaylock looks at the multiple ways that trade deals undermine effective climate action. During the recent election in the UK, documents outlining the government’s trade talks with the Trump administration were leaked. Among other things, they showed that when…
Energy Charter Treaty will prevent implementation of Paris Climate Agreement
Civil society groups and trade unions have presented compelling evidence that implementing a just transition, including commitments in the Paris Climate Agreement, is incompatible with the provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The ECT, a multilateral investment agreement governing…
340+ organisations call on the EU to immediately halt trade negotiations with Brazil
In an open letter, over 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt free trade agreement negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) on the grounds of deteriorating human rights and environmental conditions…
Letter to members of the European Parliament : do not ratify the EU-Singapore investment agreement
Download the PDF version here "Dear Honourable Member of the European Parliament, We are writing to draw your attention to the upcoming plenary vote on the EU-Singapore investment deal (EUSIPA), on 12th February. We, over 50 organisations from Europe and…
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 proposals…
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 concluded…
List of publications on EU-Japan (JEFTA)
Official Official DG Trade page Text of the agreement Analysis and publications Intro video (Dec 2018, no al ttip) ;feature= Trade at any cost (PowerShift and Foodwatch, 10 pages on EU Japan, February 2018). Covers Tariffs / quotas, Investment, Agriculture…
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 meaningful…