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…
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…
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…
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…
Letter to Chancellor Kern on CETA, by over 120 Canadian and European organisations
Letter sent on October 6 to Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, and to the SPÖ governing board. Download the PDF version Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria October 6, 2016…
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…