Blogs
UK at risk of lawsuits if Pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics
Date: 24 October 2023
Campaigns: Trade
THE UK faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits if the Pacific trade deal is not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics in a joint letter published today. The letter, […]
Read moreCall for a ‘side-letter’ excluding UK-Canada ISDS in the Pacific trade deal
Type: MP briefings
Date: 24 October 2023
Campaigns: Trade
The UK is joining the Pacific trade deal (CPTPP), tying us into the risk of corporate court cases brought by corporations from a whole bloc of countries – most dangerously […]
Read moreCondemnation of Energy Charter Treaty could ‘light the path’ for the rest of the UK, say climate campaigners
Date: 17 October 2023
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
CLIMATE campaigners have welcomed the passing of a resolution at today’s SNP conference that condemned the secretive ‘Energy Charter Treaty’. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an international agreement between […]
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‘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 moreLess than 1 in 10 of UK public believe UK should remain in Energy Charter Treaty
Date: 1 September 2023
Campaigns: Climate, Trade
Energy Bill due to be debated on Sept 5 has amendment tabled which challenges UK’s membership in energy charter treaty LESS than one in ten (9 per cent) of the […]
Read moreREACTION: UK government considering withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty
Date: 1 September 2023
Campaigns: Trade
Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: “It is welcome to hear the UK is finally willing to review its membership of the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty. […]
Read moreReport of the International Mission to Colombia
Type: Reports
Date: 15 August 2023
Campaigns: Trade
The fightback against investors suing Colombia In May 2023, we joined a delegation of 13 representatives from social and environmental justice organisations from eight countries in the Americas and Europe […]
Read moreUK trade proposals will be ‘catastrophic’ for patients globally, campaigners warn
Date: 7 August 2023
Campaigns: Pharma, Trade
Ahead of the UK-India trade negotiations set to continue this week (Mon Aug 7), Tim Bierley, pharmaceuticals campaigner at Global Justice Now said: Despite the warnings of doctors, health […]
Read moreBritain’s accession to Pacific trade deal is ‘betrayal’ of environmental and welfare standards
Date: 16 July 2023
Campaigns: Trade
Kemi Badenoch to sign Pacific Trade Deal on Sunday, 16 July 2023 Campaigners say battery chickens and climate-damaging palm oil are ‘tip of the iceberg’ Global Justice Now has warned […]
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 […]
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