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Petrogas sues the Netherlands over fiscal measures meant to protect the public interest
SOMO and Both ENDS strongly condemn the newly revealed investor-state dispute settlement case filed by Petrogas, an Omani oil and gas company operating two shallow-water gas fields in the Dutch North Sea, against the Netherlands.
Is Canada prepared to ignore alarming human rights violations to advance a controversial free trade agreement with Ecuador?
The Canadian government must not remain indifferent to the bloodshed and the incontrovertible reality of a grave human rights crisis in Ecuador.
Trump’s secret trade deals with Malaysia and Cambodia revealed: Imperialist bullying on behalf of Big Tech, other corporate interests
An early review of the texts reveals new handouts to Big Tech and other corporate interests, with little to nothing that will help working people in the US.
Gulf trade deal could ‘lock in’ more rights for fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.
New bilateral safeguard clauses on EU-Mercosur FTA: an ineffective technical proposal against the structural and localised impact of the treaty
Although the European Commission presents these clauses as a safety mechanism to protect farmers, they are designed never to be activated.
Did Trump steal our agenda? Why fighting free trade isn't enough anymore
As the European Trade Justice Coalition marks 25 years, this reflection asks an unsettling question: how did the right appropriate the language of anti-globalization? It calls on activists to rethink trade, the state, and strategy for a new cycle of struggle.
Method to the madness: How Trump’s chaotic trade agenda benefits big tech
A close examination of the dizzying chaos surrounding President Trump’s tariff threats and secretive “trade deals” shows a disturbing throughline: this is nothing but a shakedown on behalf of Big Tech.
Not a border crisis, but a “free trade” crisis
A new report unpacks how decades of corporate-led trade agreements have displaced millions of people, stripping them of their livelihoods and forcing them to migrate to survive.
Revised EU-Morocco trade agreement: ECVC denounces this agreement which goes against the CJEU ruling and will defend the rights of European and Moroccan peasants in solidarity with the Saharawi people
ECVC denounces the steps taken by the European Commission and Morocco regarding the EU-Morrocco trade agreement, as they try at all costs to save the interests of a minority of transnational corporations and foreign investors at the expense of the Saharawi people and Moroccan and European peasants.
ETJC statement on Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs)
These fast track trade deals risk serving the business interests of transnational corporations instead of contributing to more sustainable trading relationships.