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Series Imagining international trade agreements which support more responsible business
Tom Wills looks at the relationship between trade deals and corporate accountability, and highlights recent trade policies which place obligations on business.
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Series Billions paid out to coal companies show how investment rules are obstructing the green transition
Fabian Flues from PowerShift blogs on how the Energy Charter Treaty offers fossil fuel comapanies disproportionate levels of investment protection, making the transition away from fossil fuels expensive and difficult for states.
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Series ASTAC, bananas and commerce: The ABC of worker-centred trade
Blog from the American Bar Association exploring how the US Government's "worker-centred trade policy" could support banana workers in Ecuador being denied their right to freedom of association.
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Series Draft COVID-19 proposal at WTO will cost lives
Roshan Joseph and Roz Scourse from MSF Access Campaign explore the leaked proposal for a waiver of WTO rules around Covid-19 vaccines
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Series Will EU trade policy meet the demands of society?
Blog from public affairs advisor Radboud Reijn detailing the questions that EU trade policy needs to answer if it is to meet the demands of society.
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Series Trade, climate and human rights – at odds or reconcilable?
Cornelia Maarfield from Climate Action Network Europe explores how unsustainable patterns of trade have driven deforestation and environmental destruction, and proposes new trade rules.
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Series A New Trade Vision for a Green New Deal
As world leaders meet at the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow civil society groups are launching a new resource to outline the threats that trade and investment treaties pose to climate action.
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Series How the Energy Charter Treaty allows corporate power to derail climate action
The ECT allows fossil fuel companies to obstruct climate action by suing states for huge sums in compensation. There are increasing calls for countries to withdraw from the Treaty, as the ECT Secretariat seeks new signatories in the Global South.
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Series VIP protection for multinationals vs talking shops for human rights: the fundamental imbalance in trade and investment deals
Jude Kirton-Darling reflects on how EU trade and investment policy can be improved to better support human rights and labour rights around the world
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Series How will post-Brexit trade deals affect human rights?
David Lawrence from Trade Justice Movement reflects on how the UK's post-Brexit trade policy can be designed to better support human rights and the environment.
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