Seis razones para NO ratificar el Acuerdo Global Unión Europea – México (TLCUEM)
Firmar la declaración aquí +++leer la declaración en inglés, alemán y francés+++ 4 de julio de 2022 Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, sindicatos, defensores/as de derechos humanos, de bienestar animal y del medio ambiente que firmamos la presente carta…
Six reasons NOT to ratify the EU-Mexico Global Agreement
Sign the statement here +++Read the statement in Spanish, German and French+++ 4 July 2022 The undersigned civil society organisations, trade unions, human rights, animal welfare and environmental defenders, address this statement to policy makers in Mexico and the European…
Stop the E-Commerce Negotiations and use Data in the Public Interest
Read the Statement here in German We demand an immediate stop to the E-Commerce negotiations at WTO level and the ability to Use Data for the Public Interest In recent years chapters on “digital trade” and “e-commerce” have been introduced in bilateral…
Stoppt die E-Commerce Verhandlungen!
Wir fordern einen sofortigen Stopp der E-Commerce-Verhandlungen auf WTO-Ebene und die Möglichkeit, unsere digitalen Daten im öffentlichen Interesse zu nutzen! In den letzten Jahren hat die EU in bilateralen und plurilateralen Verhandlungen zu Handelsabkommen Kapitel über “digitalen Handel” und “E-Commerce”…
How the EU pesticide lobby is harming people and planet in the Global South
DOWNLOAD the full report here in ENGLISH and PORTUGUESE Corporations like Bayer and BASF, who are the leading European pesticide producers, have been heavily promoting the EU-Mercosur trade deal through lobby groups. Their joint lobby efforts have borne fruit: pesticide use…
Policy Brief on Digital Trade
The figures say it all. The largest corporations in the world are data companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, whose wealth and influence dwarf that of many countries. As we live more of our lives online, data…
Turnaround: New Multilateral Trade Rules for People-Centered Shared Prosperity and Sustainable Development
+++The statement was first published here and is also available in French and Spanish.+++ 1. People around the world need a global economy that facilitates shared prosperity with human, labor, social and economic rights to facilitate the achievement, at a…
Ethanol expansion under the EU-Mercosur trade deal
“Sugarcane”: License: CC BY Download the report in English | Portuguese | Spanish An EU-turn on the green transition European chemical companies are set to benefit from an increased trade in ethanol, thanks to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. Portrayed as a…
More than 400 Civil Society Organisations say: Leave the ECT by COP26
More than 400 are calling on political leaders across all European countries to prioritise climate policies, to stick to their climate commitments, and therefore to initiate withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) by COP26 at the latest. Read the…
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…
Offener Brief zu den wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen des EU-Mercosur-Abkommens
Wir, die unterzeichnenden Ökonom*innen, wollen zu einer kritischen Bewertung des EU-Mercosur-Assoziierungsabkommens beitragen, das derzeit von der EU und ihren Mitgliedstaaten sowie den Mercosur-Ländern zur Ratifizierung vorbereitet wird. Nach Ansicht der Europäischen Kommission wird das Abkommen sowohl für die Länder der…