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Beyond repair? The Energy Charter Treaty
16-Dec-2019     FOEE
An obscure investment agreement, the Energy Charter Treaty, threatens to undermine bold climate action to transform Europe’s energy system.
We’re still waiting for a trade deal that benefits working people
13-Dec-2019     UE
The proposed replacement of NAFTA remains a tool for corporate interests and provides insufficient relief to address the problems for working people embedded in the original agreement.
Civil society declaration – Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements: the mirage of the evaluation study
13-Dec-2019     FTDES
The evaluation is highly unsatisfactory due to: the economic methodology imposed by the EU; civil society not sufficiently involved; social, economic and environmental impacts not taken into account.
New NAFTA is lost opportunity to reform corporate trade deals
12-Dec-2019     IATP
Deal does not address the farm crisis, but will exacerbate climate crisis and jeopardize health and public safety.
Trump’s NAFTA 2.0: An environmental failure
12-Dec-2019     Sierra Club
An assessment suggests the revised deal would perpetuate NAFTA’s environmental damage.
Redo of USMCA better than original NAFTA after yearlong effort to improve Trump’s 2018 deal
11-Dec-2019     Public Citizen
The new NAFTA is not the template for future agreements, but establishes the floor from which we will continue to advocate for a new model of trade and globalization that puts people and the planet first.
Leading environmental groups urge Congress to oppose a pro-polluter NAFTA 2.0
10-Dec-2019     Sierra Club
The renegotiated NAFTA fails to meet the baseline standards for environmental and climate protection that the environmental community has consistently called for.
Open letter on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
9-Dec-2019     ECT's Dirty Secrets
We – 278 environmental, climate, consumer, development, and trade related civil society groups, as well as trade unions – believe that the ECT is incompatible with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
EU-Mercosur trade deal will intensify the climate crisis from agriculture
28-Nov-2019     GRAIN
The reality is that the EU-Mercosur FTA will cause a serious increase in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Explosive leaked trade papers show NHS, chlorinated chicken already on table in US trade talks
27-Nov-2019     Global Justice Now
Trade deal with Trump would threaten public services, consumer protection and online rights.