Trade & Investment Campaigns
| Alternative Trade Mandate | Europe’s trade has to be fundamentally changed. The Alternative Trade Mandate Alliance is developing an alternative vision of European trade policy that puts people and planet before big business. |
| Just Trade?! | The Just Trade?! project advocates for greater policy coherence between EU development and trade policy, with a view to promote equitable and sustainable development. |
| No to the ratification of the EU-Colombia/Peru TLCs | No to the ratification of EU-Colombia/Peru FTAs |
Recent publications from Trade & Investment
The right to say noAs European Union (EU) member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development (fracking), negotiations are underway for a controversial EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which would grant investors the right to challenge governments’ decision to ban and regulate fracking. |
The EU trade and Investment Agenda: quashing the aspirations of the Arab Spring?The EU's launch of negotiations for Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTAs) with four Arab countries in transition – Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia - looks set to entrench an economic model that was one of the root causes of the Arab Spring. |
Balancing Trade and AidBalancing Trade and Aid With the arrival of the Rutte II cabinet, a wish of the members of the Fair, Green and Global Alliance (FGG) has come true; trade and global development are under the supervision of the same minister. |
Intra-EU Bilateral Investment TreatiesCorporations in Western Europe are suing Central and Eastern European countries at international arbitration tribunals through a vast web of intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). Yet while the European Commission has questioned the validity of these BITs, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK, oppose their termination. |
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