Blogs
CETA is back from the dead – but it’s not over yet
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 31 October 2016
There was a huge amount of EU tub-thumping yesterday (30 October), as the EU and Canadian summit happened in a very rushed manner and the CETA* deal was signed by […]
Read moreIs CETA dead yet?
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 24 October 2016
Some have called a victory, others are expecting to hear some awful deal has been brokered. Either way CETA, the trade and investment deal between Canada and the EU, is in mortal danger.
Read moreTTIP may be dead, but we’re still facing TTIP by the back door
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 28 September 2016
The architects of the current wave of trade deals have embarked on a desperate ploy to salvage something from the death of their flagship treaty. Sacrificing the Transatlantic Trade and […]
Read moreBrexit and the direction of our trade campaigning
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 15 July 2016
Campaigns: Trade
It’s impossible to assess the state of play with trade policy and agreements in the UK without using the word ‘uncertainty’ right now. There are claims and counter claims over […]
Read moreBig Tobacco lost to Australia over plain packaging – but that doesn’t mean that corporate courts ‘work’
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 20 May 2016
Late last year tobacco company Philip Morris International’s (PMI) attempted to sue the Australian government for billions over the introduction of plain packing of cigarettes. This court case happened in […]
Read moreTTIP’s looking a lot less likely, but we’re still not safe from toxic trade deals
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 4 May 2016
Campaigns: Trade
Could things get any worse for TTIP? On Monday the hugely damaging leak of consolidated texts confirmed exactly what everyone had feared about the deal, with all its massively pro-corporate […]
Read moreTTIP Free Zone: Today Barcelona, tomorrow the world!
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 28 April 2016
There seems to be a regular characteristic amongst councillors, wherever they’re from. They appear to think their home town, city or island is the most special place, that it’s circumstances […]
Read moreFive reasons why the TTIP talks are looking a bit wobbly
By: Guy Taylor
Date: 22 February 2016
The twelfth round of negotiations for TTIP, the biggest trade deal of them all, starts today in Brussels. The impacts of TTIP are disturbing and well documented elsewhere on this […]
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