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Will new NAFTA block Biden's progressive regulatory policies?
22-Mar-2021     The Hill
Biden is on the right track in calling for reform. But if the same deregulatory agenda remains in our internationally enforceable trade agreements, Biden’s reforms will come up short, ultimately subverting his agenda and vision.
“Super-protections” for corporations
17-Mar-2021     SOMO
How investment treaties and investor-to-state dispute settlement grant foreign investors greater rights than Dutch and EU law.
Stop EU-Mercosur coalition statement
15-Mar-2021     Stop EU Mercosur
More than 450 organizations launch a joint statement calling on governments to stop the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Shell’s legal weapon to threaten a just energy future
11-Mar-2021     Future Beyond Shell
To realise a future beyond fossil fuels, it is imperative to look at how to disentangle the legal shackles that enable companies to frustrate climate policy and shift the burden of their stranded assets onto the shoulders of taxpayers through arbitration claims.
EFTA insists on the UPOV clause in negotiating mandates for free trade agreements (FTAs)
4-Mar-2021     Swiss Coalition for the Right to Seed
EFTA's response to the June 2020 open letter, supported by 250 organisations from around the world, is disappointing. EFTA maintains the UPOV 91 requirement in FTAs. The right to seeds therefore remains under pressure.
Kenya Small Scale Farmers Forum & ECONEWS Africa court case challenging the Kenya-UK Economic Partnership Agreement
3-Mar-2021     Kenya Small Scale Farmers Forum & ECONEWS Africa
The case was filed this monday at the Constitutional and Human Rights Division, and seeks to compel the Government to ensure transparency and effective public participation before the agreement is made into law by the National Assembly.
Kenya Miraa trade: Britain bilateral and multilateral agreements disclosure
24-Feb-2021    
Kenyan organisations raise concerns over Miraa trade and call for an intervention of the Ministry of Agriculture to publish and review all trade agreements between Kenya and Britain.
Take action to end the climate-killing Energy Charter Treaty
23-Feb-2021     CEO
Sign the petition to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries!
Join the movement and sign the petition to #EndFossilProtection
17-Feb-2021     bilaterals.org
A petition to ensure the Energy Charter Treaty will no longer be used against EU climate and energy policies is now available for supporters on the European Parliament website.
Commemoration of 10th anniversary of the first judgment declaring Texaco-Chevron guilty for its crime in the Ecuadorian Amazon
17-Feb-2021     UDAPT
Ten years have passed since the judgment of Lago Agrio. Until today the oil company refuses to comply with the judgement; and, in turn, has chosen to activate a whole system that guarantees corporate impunity.