Blogs
If the UK is serious about climate action, it must end the UK-Colombia investment deal
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 14 November 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
In October, the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty quietly rolled over from its initial 10-year term. And with it, the dangers of a contentious mechanism at its core. The UK-Colombia treaty […]
Read moreThe UN’s new set of principles on critical minerals fudges the issue of trade
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 17 September 2024
Campaigns: Trade
This year, the UN Secretary-General convened a panel on critical energy transition minerals to address issues relating to equity, transparency, investment, sustainability and human rights in critical mineral supply chains. […]
Read moreWill the green transition be globally just, or a neocolonial resource grab? Trade rules are key
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 22 May 2024
Campaigns: Trade
A serious overhaul of how we run the economy and live our lives is needed to tackle the climate crisis – and there are signs that decision makers are recognising, […]
Read moreNo, no one wants to tax your emails – the WTO stitch-up gives Big Tech a free ride
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 28 February 2024
Campaigns: Trade
Our trade minister, Greg Hands, said of this week’s World Trade Organisation ministerial: “the UK joins this conference with a clear mission: to be the world’s leading voice for Free […]
Read moreHow people power forced the UK to leave the Energy Charter Treaty
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 22 February 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
Today the UK announced it will leave the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty. This is testament to the tireless campaigning of our supporters over the last 3 years! In a huge […]
Read moreIt won’t happen with same-day delivery. But a movement is forming to Make Amazon Pay
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 24 November 2023
Earlier this year, our Resisting Monopoly Capitalism conference explored extreme corporate power on a planet in crisis – how a small pool of corporate giants is dominating the economy across […]
Read moreThe UK must follow the US’s surprising step forwards in reining in Big Tech
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 2 November 2023
Campaigns: Trade
Rishi Sunak has stated that only governments can tackle the risks posed by AI. So why isn’t he? As the UK’s much vaunted AI Safety Summit takes place this week, […]
Read more‘Data bridges’ – the road to extreme corporate power in the digital era
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 9 October 2023
Campaigns: General, Trade
Last month quietly ushered in a new agreement between the UK and the United States to open up transatlantic data flows, first signaled in the ‘Atlantic Framework’ signed in June. […]
Read moreCalls to exit the Energy Charter Treaty are coming from all directions. Will the UK heed them?
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 28 June 2023
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
Thriving in the shadows, the little known, 50-country trade agreement that fossil fuel companies are using to sue governments over their climate action has been a target for climate campaigners […]
Read moreThe fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon is crumbling. Why is the UK still propping it up?
By: Cleodie Rickard
Date: 7 December 2022
Campaigns: Trade
We’ve been campaigning over the past two years for countries to exit the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) – a little known trade agreement that fossil fuel companies are using to […]
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