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How free trade hypocrisies are hurting our world
4-Apr-2018 Greenpeace
Rich countries have made our current trade rules and made sure that these rules suit their needs, providing few means for people in poor countries to protect themselves from aggressive export policies.
Case studies demonstrate EU member state protections threatened by CETA
7-Mar-2018 CIEL
Regulating in the public interest at risk if Member States ratify Canada-EU trade deal
Malmström issues plan to improve implementation of sustainability chapters in EU trade deals
2-Mar-2018 ICTSD
The EU’s top trade official released a plan examining how the bloc can make sure the sustainable development chapters in its trade deals can be applied more effectively.
Belt and Road road corridors put half of Myanmar’s population at risk
22-Feb-2018 Myanmar Times
The Belt and Road Initiative puts Myanmar’s natural capital and the lives and livelihoods of 24 million people - half of the country’s population - at risk, according to a report from World Wide Fund for Nature in Myanmar.
The EU - Indonesia CEPA negotiations
16-Feb-2018 TNI
We call on the EU and Indonesia to use the CEPA negotiations to design an investment chapter that prioritises equitable and sustainable development.
Golf lawsuit threatens to shut down Friends of the Earth Croatia
13-Feb-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
In September 2017, the investor filed a €500 million ISDS claim against the Republic of Croatia at an arbitration tribunal because the "state [had taken] away their development licences"
Canada begins court fight to overturn NAFTA ruling on Digby quarry
29-Jan-2018 CBC
Ruling found that New Jersey company was wrongly prevented from opening quarry and terminal.
Joint statement by European NGOs: No EU trade agreement with Mexico without ex-ante sustainability impact assessment!
22-Dec-2017 OMCT
Given the catastrophic human rights situation, enormous social inequality and persistently high levels of poverty in Mexico the question of the social, human rights and environmental impact of the "modernization" of the EU-Mexico Trade Agreement is of paramount importance.
Gove: UK would not compromise with US on food standards
20-Dec-2017 The Guardian
Environment secretary sets up possible clash in future US trade talks over retaining EU regulations post-Brexit.
EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
19-Dec-2017 Mongabay
The emphasis on production and international consumption could greatly increase the need for agricultural land in Latin America, and result in a major increase in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and Argentine Chaco.
EU-Mercosur FTA: draft chapters (July 2017)
7-Dec-2017 Greenpeace
8 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
EU-Mercosur FTA: An assessment of the trade and sustainable development chapter
6-Dec-2017
Many serious environmental concerns are not addressed at all.
Calls grow for ‘green clause’ in EU trade deals
25-Oct-2017 EurActiv
There is widespread consensus on the need to level the playing field for European companies confronted with environmental and social dumping from foreign competitors. Just how hard the EU should hit on wrongdoers remains a major sticking point, however.
Sacrificing South America’s forests on the altar of EU market access
20-Oct-2017 Fern
By making this concession on beef, the EU is putting trade and consumption above its commitments to halt deforestation.
Environmental gems in trade agreements
20-Oct-2017 CIGI
Little-known clauses for progressive trade agreements
The environment in Canadian trade agreements
10-Oct-2017 Policy Options
Since NAFTA, Canada and the US have included the largest number, worldwide, of environmental clauses in their trade agreements.
Transatlantic convergence of preferential trade agreements environmental clauses
10-Oct-2017 Cambridge
The United States and the European Union include several environmental clauses in their respective preferential trade agreements.
Replacing NAFTA: Eight essential changes to an environmentally destructive deal
20-Aug-2017 Sierra Club
To transform NAFTA from a polluter-friendly deal into one that supports environmental protection, any renegotiation must include, at a minimum, these eight changes.
Freeland to press for new labour, environmental sections within NAFTA
14-Aug-2017 Ottawa Citizen
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes of Canada’s goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
12-Aug-2017 Le Devoir
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine.