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No, 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 […]

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How 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 […]

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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 […]

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CPTPP 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 […]

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The 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 […]

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Black 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 […]

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Energy 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 · […]

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ECT 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: […]

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Ongoing 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 […]

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