26-May-2020
Friends of the Earth Europe
The EU-Mercosur trade deal comes at a tremendous expense for people and the planet. Dire consequences are looming both on regional and global levels.
22-May-2020
Climate Change News
Uniper is using a controversial investor dispute system to claim up to €1 billion compensation for being forced to close a coal power station early.
18-May-2020
Friends of the Earth Europe
The Energy Charter Treaty takes an axe to climate action.
3-Mar-2020
The Independent
The government has not ruled out imports of US agricultural products made to lower standards than in the UK.
12-Feb-2020
bilaterals.org
The sustainable impact assessment report of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia is not easy to find. Yet some of its findings are quite worrying.
7-Feb-2020
Brussels Times
The Walloon parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a motion critical of the trade pact agreed between the European Union and the Mercosur countries.
21-Jan-2020
The Irish Times
The controversial Mercosur trade deal is incompatible with the EU’s commitment to carbon neutrality and “may undermine global efforts to avert runaway climate change”.
17-Jan-2020
Financial Post
China agreed to buy ’petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude’ and that could include Canadian crude travelling through the US.
17-Jan-2020
Inequality.org
NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
16-Jan-2020
Anna Cavazzini
The Mercosur agreement damages the environment, climate and small farmers.