EU Free Trade Agreements

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…
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New Legal Analysis: EU States remaining in ECT risk financial liability for EU decisions

The European Trade Justice Coalition, along with allies, has commissioned a new legal study on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT): The paper looks at the question of what will happen to EU Member States that implement binding EU acts (like…
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Civil society actions around the EU-CELAC summit, 17th and 18th of July – Conference, Protest, Strategy Meeting

During the EU-CELAC summit in Brussels in the 17th and 18th of July, the trade justice movement from Europe and Latin America came together. In parallel to the official summit between heads of the state from Latin America, the Caribbean…
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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…
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Agenda and Livestream of the Conference in the European Parliament 17 July 2023

+++Español abajo/Português abaixo+++ A new EU-Latin America trade relationship for the 21st Century Conference in the European Parliament parallel to the EU-CELAC summit Date: 17 July 2023  Where: in the European Parliament with hybrid participation - SPAAK 1A2, Rue Wiertz…
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Registration for the Trade Justice Events on the margins of the EU CELAC Summit

+++Español abajo/Português abaixo/Français ci-dessous/Deutsch unten+++ In person registration for the event in the European Parliament (17 July) has now closed. Registration for online participation at the Conference in the European Parliament (17 July) is still open. Registration for the Strategy…
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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…
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Sechs Gründe, das Globalabkommen EU-Mexiko NICHT zu ratifizieren

Unterzeichnen Sie die Erklärung hier +++Lesen Sie die Erklärung auf spanisch, englisch und französisch+++ Die unterzeichnenden Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft, Gewerkschaften, Menschenrechtsverteidiger*innen, Tier- und Umweltschützer*innen richten diese Erklärung an die politischen Entscheidungsträger*innen in Mexiko und der Europäischen Union (EU) und fordern…
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