Blogs
Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty has “untied a straitjacket” on UK’s ability to bring about just transition, campaigners say
Date: 22 February 2024
Campaigns: Trade
Today’s announcement that the UK will leave the Energy Charter Treaty has “untied a straitjacket” on the UK’s ability to enact a just transition, campaigners have said. The Energy Charter […]
Read moreCPTPP reaction: “MP’s deserve a real democratic say”
Date: 19 February 2024
Campaigns: Trade
In response to the Business and Trade Committee’s CPTPP report, out today, Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: We welcome the business and trade committee’s call […]
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Gaza: Arms embargo now
By: Nick Dearden
Date: 14 February 2024
Campaigns: General, Trade
Israel is on the brink of another major escalation in Gaza. Around 1.7 million Palestinians have fled to Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip, to escape the […]
Read moreThe Energy Charter Treaty: the fossil fuel companies’ secret weapon
Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 17 January 2024
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an investment agreement between 50 countries specifically for the energy sector. Fossil fuel companies are now using the treaty to challenge climate action and […]
Read moreBlack Friday reaction: “We’ve had enough of corporate greed destroying our livelihoods, communities and planet”
Date: 24 November 2023
Campaigns: Trade
Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: “From Coventry to Kolkata, Amazon workers and citizens across the world are uniting this Black Friday to say it’s time […]
Read moreEnergy Charter Treaty plans for expansion revealed in recently posted notes
Date: 22 November 2023
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
· Notes from the Energy Charter Treaty Conference held on Monday 20 Nov recently posted reveal plans for the controversial Energy Charter Treaty to expand to more oil-producing countries · […]
Read moreECT Conference reaction: This is “exactly the right moment” for UK exit, says GJN
Date: 21 November 2023
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
Following the conclusion of the Energy Charter Treaty Conference – the ECT’s 34th annual meeting – on Monday 20 November, Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: […]
Read moreOngoing support for trade negotiations with Israel “utterly scandalous”, says GJN
Date: 13 November 2023
Campaigns: Trade
In response to reports that UK Government support for a UK-Israel FTA is ongoing, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: “The UK Government rightly took measures to impose […]
Read moreRevealed: UK Government has spent almost £150,000 preventing public release of trade deal notes
Date: 9 November 2023
Campaigns: Trade
THE UK Government has spent almost £150,000 of taxpayers’ money to date preventing the public release of notes from trade deal talks with the US and other countries, POLITICO reports […]
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The 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, […]
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