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Campaign groups respond to announcement that a UK-Kenya deal has been finalised
6-Nov-2020     Trade Justice Movement
UK-Kenya trade must be fit for the 21st century, say campaign groups.
A quantitative assessment of India’s withdrawal from RCEP: issues and concerns
29-Oct-2020     TWN
This study casts serious doubt on earlier more optimistic projections of projected gains and shows that the case for proceeding with the RCEP without India’s participation is even less convincing.
What next for ISDS Reform at UNCITRAL Working Group III?
23-Oct-2020     TWN
Meaningful reform aligned with sustainable development seems less likely
Stop corporations profiting from the pandemic. Stop ISDS.
20-Oct-2020     Friends of the Earth International
Our call to suspend all ISDS cases during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
UK-Australia FTA needs more scrutiny and better food and environmental protections
13-Oct-2020     Trade Justice Movement
UK civil society groups respond to Liz Truss’s statement on UK-Australia trade deal negotiations.
EU-Mercosur: leaked treaty has no climate protection, undermines democracy
9-Oct-2020     Greenpeace
International agreements must have the protection of people and nature at their core, not as a ‘nice-to-have’ – this deal doesn’t measure up and must be scrapped.
Rethinking trade: Kenya and the environment
6-Oct-2020     Public Citizen
So-called “trade agreements” such as the US-Kenya trade deal have nothing to do with trade. But rather they impose new limits on government regulatory authority.
Day of action against the US trade deal
6-Oct-2020     Global Justice Now
Saturday 24 October: Take action against the US trade deal to protect services, standards, rights and democracy!
EU-Mercosur mythbuster
6-Oct-2020     Greenpeace
We’ve made this mythbuster to unpick powerful economic interests' spin on this toxic deal.
Key international legal measures risk making the cost of green energy shift skyrocket
5-Oct-2020     IIED
A complex set of international legal measures protecting the fossil fuel industry risks significantly increasing the cost of moving to green energy and tackling climate change, a new report reveals.