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New study on Mercosur: A bad deal for climate and environment
16-Jan-2020 Anna Cavazzini
The Mercosur agreement damages the environment, climate and small farmers.
How ISDS corporate privileges risk to undermine community struggles
9-Jan-2020 CEO
Inspiring people fought toxic gold mines, dirty oil drilling and greedy luxury real estate projects. Now, costly investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits risk to reverse their community victories.
’When two elephants fight’: EU, Indonesia tussle over resources
22-Dec-2019 Aljazeera
As disputes over palm oil and nickel head to World Trade Organization, affected residents say they feel trapped.
Indonesia warns on EU trade deal, dairy imports amid palm oil spat
18-Dec-2019 Reuters
Indonesia is prepared to walk away from talks on a free trade deal with the European Union over the bloc’s stance on palm oil, while also launching a probe into subsidies on dairy imports from the EU.
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.
How the ‘New NAFTA’ will affect Canadians
11-Dec-2019 The Tyee
Small gains for workers, but the environment gets a shoddy deal.
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.
We need a socialist trade policy
9-Dec-2019 Jacobin
Instead of imagining trade as an end in itself, or as the driver of job creation and production, we should think about trade as a support mechanism for well-defined political goals centered on improving the lives of working people.
EU-Mercosur deal lets agribusiness off the hook and exacerbates climate crisis
3-Dec-2019 IATP
It is time that 21st century trade policy reflects 21st century emergencies and answers to the climate crisis.
DPR asks palm oil’s inclusion in IEU-CEPA
28-Nov-2019 Antara News
The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IV has urged the government to include palm oil in the negotiations on Indonesia - European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement/IEU-CEPA).
Comments on the draft interim report / Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of the association agreement negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur
26-Nov-2019 ClientEarth, Fern and Conservation International
The failure to take recent data or events into account risks creating incorrect and biased results.
France says post-Brexit trade deal requires UK to align with EU standards
26-Nov-2019 New Europe
The EU and UK can reach an agreement on a future trade relationship provided that Britain sticks closely to Europe’s labour and environmental standards, according to France’s trade minister.
Indonesia to continue IEU-CEPA talks despite protest
20-Nov-2019 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia will continue the ongoing negotiations on economic and trade partnership with the European Union despite a fresh spat following a leaked document about the EU’s plan to exclude biofuels derived from palm oil by 2021.
Governmental action against the Indonesian palm oil industry
18-Nov-2019 SOMO
SOMO researchers undertook a research project to identify cases when Indonesian governmental entities took steps to investigate, engage with, convict, or penalize certain palm oil companies accused of harmful or illicit business activity.
Indonesia to continue IEU-CEPA talks despite friction over leaked document
14-Nov-2019 Jakarta Post
Indonesia will continue the ongoing negotiations on a trade partnership with the European Union despite a leaked document about the EU’s plan to exclude biofuels derived from palm oil.
Michel Barnier tells UK: ignore EU regulatory standards at your peril
30-Oct-2019 The Guardian
EU Brexit negotiator links free-trade deal with the UK to workers’ rights and environmental protection.
Global climate laws threatened by rise in investor-state disputes
21-Oct-2019 Euractiv
A global rise in investor lawsuits against nation-sates is putting climate protection laws under threat, activists warn.
Majority of Europeans against EU-Mercosur deal
8-Oct-2019 FarmingUK
A new poll shows that the vast majority of Europeans oppose the EU’s trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur.
Indonesia gets Rp 232 billion grant from EU to ease trade negotiations
2-Oct-2019 The Jakarta Post
The European Union has granted Indonesia Rp 232 billion (US$16.37 million) through a program dubbed ARISE+ Indonesia to improve trade conditions and capacity between 2019 and 2023.
Hogan convinces MEPs by toughening up trade stance
1-Oct-2019 Euractiv
Phil Hogan obtained the MEPs’ preliminary approval to become the EU’s next Trade Commissioner, promising a tougher stance towards China to ensure the protection of European values, and environmental principles.