Campaigners Global Justice Now challenge UK government to release all post-Brexit trade papers.
Brexit trade talks transparency bid Marianne Brooker | 11th December 2019 News Change Makers Global Justice Now Freedom Of Information Trade Trade Talks US UK General Election 2019 …
Environmental groups have welcomed the collapse of the latest round of Doha trade talks, which fell apart on Friday.
Campaigners celebrate collapse of trade talks 25th June 2007 News Doha Trade Talks WTO Business Friends Of The Earth Deregulation Free Trade Globalisation World Bank Campaigns Politics And Economics …
Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council for Canadians, has dedicated her life to fighting injustice, and so-called 'free trade' deals in particular. In this interview with Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is every bit as dangerous as TTIP, but has somehow escaped the same level of media and campaign focus - and what we can do about it.
… go. How did you get started on this life of campaigning? Originally I was in the women's …
The city of Brussels, capital of Europe, has joined with other Belgian regions to defeat the CETA 'free trade' deal between the EU and Canada, in an unprecedented victory for civil society and campaigners against the EU's 'by the corporations, for the corporations' trade agenda.
… October 2016 News Belgium EU Canada Trade Campaigning brussels-cut.jpg The city of …
One the eve of the EU elections, 120 European campaign groups have rejected the TTIP trade negotiations between the EU and the US as a threat to democracy - and called on negotiators to ditch all, or at least key elements, of the proposed agreement.
120 groups demand: 'ditch the TTIP EU-US trade deal' The Ecologist | 21st May 2014 News Trade USA EU Regulation stop-ttip-cut.jpg One the eve of the EU elections, 120 European campaign groups have …
The green movement's squeamish social liberalism has left it to the political right to exploit public concerns about population and immigration, writes Colin Hines. We must make the progressive case for controlling our borders, and restricting not just migration but the free movement of goods, services and capital where it threatens environment, wellbeing and social cohesion.
… proposals to become central in environmental campaigning it might return the movement from … has a responsibility to take the lead in campaigning to curb such increases. It was …
The LibDems fear the Greens will beat them in the Euro-elections, writes Rupert Read. Now they plan to use Green opposition to the 'corporate charter' TTIP trade deal to batter the Greens on 'jobs'.
Leaked memo: now Libdems are running scared of the Greens Rupert Read | 10th March 2014 News UK Politics Trade Corporations cleggie-2.png The LibDems fear the Greens will beat them in the …
The EU Council today blocked the progress of CETA, the Canada-EU trade deal, writes Nick Dearden. It's a dramatic reversal for the transatlantic 'free trade' agenda, with the unpopular TTIP US-EU agreement already close to death. But negotiators aren't giving up on their aim to push CETA through, no matter what. Our fight goes on!
… cannot be provisionally applied. Carry on campaigning! Even though CETA didn't make it … the EU Council meeting today, we can't stop campaigning. The signing of CETA was mainly …
British food standards are under threat, campaign leaders warn.
MPs to debate post-Brexit US deal Staff Reporter | 20th February 2019 News Brexit Trade Change Makers 57fe4480918a0f3f1bae6d90-1008-756.jpg British food standards are under threat, campaign leaders …
A Senate vote yesterday to deny President Obama 'fast track' authority in negotiating TPP and TTIP looks like the beginning of the end for these trade deals and their secret corporate courts, writes Nick Dearden. Now it's up to Europeans to make sure the EU Parliament votes against TTIP in a crucial vote next month.
US Senators just knocked a wheel off TPP and TTIP. Now let's finish the job! Nick Dearden | 13th May 2015 Comment Trade Finance EU USA Politics stop-tpp-cut.jpg A Senate vote yesterday to deny …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
After Brexit and Trump: don't demonise; localise! Helena Norberg-Hodge Rupert Read | 22nd November 2016 News Brexit Politics Society Trade Finance US UK ladakh-cut.jpg Both Trump and Brexit can be …
Germany's association of judges and magistrates has condemned the EU's plan to create a special court for investors and corporations to sue national governments, writes Nick Dearden. The proposed new court would: have no legal basis; supplant the sovereignty of member states; and usurp the role of national courts. The chances of TTIP and CETA ever being agreed just took a big step back.
'No legal basis' for TTIP corporate courts, say German judges Nick Dearden | 3rd February 2016 Comment Trade Law Germany EU Corporations stoppen-sie-ttip-cut.jpg Germany's association of judges and …
Adam Weissman spills the beans on the Trans Pacific Partnership, which threatens to undermine democracy in the US and other countries at its roots. If passed it will represent a massive handover of power from nations to corporations - but as Mickey Z writes, there is still time to organize and defeat Obama's TTP campaign.
… unequivocal opposition to Fast Track. Campaigning: Contact us by phone at (718) …
The TTIP - a massive trade and investment deal under negotiation between the US and the EU - could be the end of democracy as we know it, writes Morton Thaysen, as corporate rights will supplant those of ciizens and elected governments. Join a global day of action today!
Help us reach the TTIP tipping point! Morten Thaysen | 11th October 2014 Comment Trade US EU Finance ttip_protest_in_london-cut.jpg The TTIP - a massive trade and investment deal under negotiation …
When 97% percent of respondents to a European Commission 'consultation' on the TTIP EU-US trade deal opposed it outright the Commission accused them of 'hijacking' the process, writes Nick Dearden - and pressed ahead with negotiations. Whose Europe is it anyway?
TTIP: What bit of the word 'no' doesn't the Commission understand? Nick Dearden | 20th January 2015 Comment Trade Finance EU UK stop-ttip-generic-cut.jpg When 97% percent of respondents to a European …
The successful conclusion of the TPP talks is a huge blow for social and economic justice, writes Nick Dearden in his twelve point summary. But it's not over yet: the long secret text must now be made public. And there's every chance it can be defeated in an increasingly skeptical Congress.
TPP agreement in 12 points - the fightback begins here Nick Dearden | 6th October 2015 Comment Trade Finance USA Canada China Politics tpp-break-the-silence-cut.jpg The successful conclusion of the …
There are many good reasons to criticise Donald Trump, writes John McMurtry. But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to keep him out of the White House. With his radical talk of halving military spending, controlling Big Pharma and exiting 'free trade' agreements, Trump is a direct threat to the parasite capitalism that's destroying America.
Two minute hate? Trump, the enemy at the gates of US corporate power John McMurtry | 11th April 2016 Comment US Politics Finance Corporations War Health Trade 5440388253_6b88990134_o.jpg There are …
Campaigners today today delivered Commission President Juncker a 'birthday card' with 1.1 million signatures from EU citizens. Yes, it really is his birthday today - but the real message was calling on him to back off from negotiations over the TTIP and CETA trade deals with the USA and Canada.
TTIP - Juncker's 1.1 million signature 'birthday card' The Ecologist | 9th December 2014 News EU Trade Finance stop-ttip-juncker-cut.jpg Campaigners today today delivered Commission President Juncker …
Leaving the European Union and reaching a trade deal with President Trump's US would create a perfect storm for UK farmers, writes Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Kate Parminter, with new EU tariffs, reduced subsidies and drastically lower standards. The changes would also pose a serious threat to our natural environment, food quality and public health.
Brexit and Trump trade deal spell doom for our 'Green and Pleasant Land' Kate Parminter | 31st January 2017 Comment Trade Food Farming Politics Brexit USA UK countryside-cut.jpg Leaving the European …
A Trans-Pacific Partnership deal would 'threaten food standards and public services'.
Food and services under threat from trade deals Marianne Brooker | 25th October 2018 News Trade Liam Fox TPP 31011732366_f562cfc0ef_b.jpg A Trans-Pacific Partnership deal would 'threaten food …
UK government admits that secret trade talks are underway with unnamed countries.
UK's secret trade talks Marianne Brooker | 18th February 2020 News Trade Parliament Johnson UK Global Justice Now Brexit Change Makers shipping_trade.jpg UK government admits that secret trade talks …
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development, create jobs and yield taxes to pay for schools and hospitals, write Ricardo Navarro & Sam Cossar-Gilber. But the reality was a nightmare of polluted water, stolen farmland, corporate violence, and murder. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining.
… | 11th April 2017 Comment Mining Campaigning Trade Water Politics El Salvador …
MEPs backed the TTIP EU-USA trade and investment deal by almost 2:1 today, ignoring civil society fears. New texts on key issues like ISDS appeared to address public concerns, but campaigners insist that 'the most dangerous proposals' remain.
European Parliament TTIP vote ignores citizen concerns The Ecologist | 8th July 2015 News EU USA Trade Politics bernd-lange-cut.jpg MEPs backed the TTIP EU-USA trade and investment deal by almost 2:1 …
Campaigners take 'huge' open letter to Secretary of State, Liz Truss.
Stop the toxic US trade talks Staff Reporter | 20th July 2020 News Trade America Brexit Change Makers Liz Truss Campaigners take 'huge' open letter to Secretary of State, Liz Truss. Friends of the …