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Activists from across Asia explain how the EU’s free trade agenda affects them: (3) Labour rights in the Philippines
November 2010

In the third of a series of interviews with civil society activists from Asia we hear about the damaging impacts of free trade agreements on labour rights in the Philippines.

Carbon trading from Kyoto to Copenhagen
May 2009
Oscar Reyes

Climate change is a structural problem that came about, largely, through the continued exploitation of fossil fuels as a cheap fuel source since the industrial revolution

Global Europe? Voor wie?!
May 2009
TNI
 Persbericht: campagne rond Europees vrijhandelsbeleid gestart

We (*) zijn begonnen met een campagne om het Europese (vrij)handelsbeleid onder de aandacht te brengen. Sinds oktober 2006 hebben ze een nieuwe 'strategie' afgesproken, die 'Global Europe, Competing in the World' gedoopt is. Het gaat hier om hard neoliberaal vrijhandelsbeleid, gericht op de...

European election campaign
May 2009
TNI
Over the past three decades, the “freedom” of financial actors has been extended at the expense of the huge majority of people. This is also the case for the EU. By exclusively seeking to satisfy the corporate interests, the EU trade policy undermines the living conditions of people both in...
The global crisis, solutions, and implications for EU Trade Policy
February 2009
Susan George

Talk of the dangers of trade protectionism is used by European politicians to obscure the need for protection from transnational corporations whose control of European trade policy continues to cause negative social and environment impacts.

Debating Europe: The Global Crisis, solutions, and implications for EU Trade Policy (video)
February 2009
Myriam vander Stichele
Susan George
Talk of the dangers of trade protectionism is used by European politicians to obscure the need for protection from transnational corporations whose control of European trade policy continues to cause negative social and environment impacts. Susan George and Myriam Vander Stichele debate MEP...
Examining relationships between European Union policies and migratory pressures
November 2008
Susan George

Instead of relying on the border police, the EU should assess the effects of its own policies on the poor, migrant-sending countries. Unless the policies that perpetuate the conditions for poverty and injustice are changed, the reasons for migration will remain.

No to Corporate Europe – Yes to Global Justice!
January 2008
TNI
 Seattle to Brussels Network
As members of the Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B), we are calling for concerted efforts to roll back the strategy of the European Union called “Global Europe: Competing in the World”, the EU’s unfair bilateral trade agreements and corporate power.

As members of the Seattle to...

European and Korean social movements mobilise against the 'Global Europe' strategy and the South Korea-EU FTA
September 2007
TNI
European and Korean social movements and civil society unite against the 'Global Europe' strategy and the South Korea-EU FTA
September 2007
TNI
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