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Trump visit to UK will face mass opposition, say campaigners

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Responding to reports that Donald Trump will make a 'working visit' to the UK in the New Year, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said:

“If the Trump visit is back on, so is the mass opposition to it. Theresa May may be hoping that the heat has died down, but she must prepare to be disappointed. Every day that Trump remains President, the opposition to his politics of hate and prejudice is only getting stronger. Whether the location of this ‘working visit’ is the heart of Downing Street or a golf resort in Scotland, we will be there.

Parliament to be ‘shut out’ of post-Brexit trade deals

Trade justice

The Trade Justice Movement has welcomed the government’s recognition in its trade white paper, released yesterday, of the need for trade policy to be “transparent and inclusive”. However it has criticised the government’s commitments so far as woefully inadequate, in particular the lack of any clear role for parliament in scrutinising trade deals.

Ten alternatives to a corporate trade agenda

June 2017

What a democratic UK trade policy after Brexit would look like

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What happens next with CETA?

Guy Taylor
Guy Taylor

25 May 2017
Trade justice

After the mid-February approval of CETA by the European parliament, the focus turned to Canada and the member states of the European Union who all need to ratify the deal.

Secret CETA vote - a cut in the dark that won't stop bleeding

Geraint Davies MP

07 February 2017
Trade justice

The Government has ushered in the controversial EU-Canada free trade agreement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA under the cloak of darkness amidst serious concerns on human rights, public health and rule of law. 

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CETA update for Scottish activists - December 2016

December 2016

The final vote on CETA at the European parliament is likely to take place on the 1 or 2 of February, so we have only six weeks to persuade our Scottish MEPs to vote against the deal. So far, none of our six Scottish MEPs have pledged to vote against CETA.

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Nov29

Protest against CETA

RM GOLD (SERVICES) LTD, 25 SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS,WC2A 1AL

Gabriel Resources - a Canadian mining company, is currently suing the state of Romania over the refusal to grant a mining permit for what would have been the largest open cast gold mine in Europe.

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CETA update for Scottish activists - November 2016

November 2016

Welcome to November's update.

CETA is back from the dead. Last month we held our breath as Wallonia, one of Belgium’s regional parliaments, was able to block the trade deal from being agreed by the EU Council of Ministers. But Wallonia has been appeased for now at least, and so the trade deal moves to the European parliament for further consideration and a vote forecast for February next year. So now it is essential we turn all our efforts to our six Scottish MEPs and urge them to reject the deal.

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CETA trade deal blocked

Trade justice

Responding to the news that the EU was unable to sign CETA, the free trade deal between Canada and the EU as had originally been planned on Thursday, as a result of the Belgian prime minister failing to secure the support of regional authorities, Guy Taylor the trade campaigner for Global Justice Now said:

Is CETA dead yet?

Guy Taylor
Guy Taylor

24 October 2016
Trade justice

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.

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What Theresa May’s Brexit deal means for global justice (if it happens)

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

15 November 2018
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Global Justice Now took a ‘remain and reform’ position in the EU referendum – to stay in the EU in order to transform it. We feared that leaving would lead to an outpouring of xenophobia and racism, and would potentially unleash a wave of deregulation and liberalisation, especially through trade deals. We were right to be worried.

Our NHS at 70 is still amazing. Why isn't there an NHS for the world?

Nick Dearden
Nick Dearden, photo by Genevieve Stevenson

05 July 2018
Pharma

The National Health Service turns 70 today. Despite too many years of austerity cuts, contracting out and PFIs, most of us still feel the NHS is one of the defining achievements of our society.

Who will benefit from the UK’s ‘golden partnership’ with China?

Dorothy Grace Guerrero
Dorothy Grace Guerrero, Global Justice Now

01 February 2018
General

Prime Minister Theresa May is currently visiting China to strengthen the UK’s relations with Beijing.

What happens next with CETA?

Guy Taylor
Guy Taylor

25 May 2017
Trade justice

After the mid-February approval of CETA by the European parliament, the focus turned to Canada and the member states of the European Union who all need to ratify the deal.

Secret CETA vote - a cut in the dark that won't stop bleeding

Geraint Davies MP

07 February 2017
Trade justice

The Government has ushered in the controversial EU-Canada free trade agreement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA under the cloak of darkness amidst serious concerns on human rights, public health and rule of law. 

Is CETA dead yet?

Guy Taylor
Guy Taylor

24 October 2016
Trade justice

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.

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MP briefing on post-Brexit trade with Ghana and Cameroon

November 2020

Under the threat of losing trading access to the UK market after Brexit, the UK is pressuring Ghana and Cameroon into signing damaging trade deals. Instead the UK should offer the countries tariff-free access, as they currently have with the EU.

 

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Ten alternatives to a corporate trade agenda

June 2017

What a democratic UK trade policy after Brexit would look like

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CETA update for Scottish activists - December 2016

December 2016

The final vote on CETA at the European parliament is likely to take place on the 1 or 2 of February, so we have only six weeks to persuade our Scottish MEPs to vote against the deal. So far, none of our six Scottish MEPs have pledged to vote against CETA.

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Campaigners launch legal challenge over UK’s ‘secret trade talks’ with United States

Trade justice

Global Justice Now has launched a legal challenge at the Information Rights Tribunal over the Department for International Trade’s failure to release details of numerous trade meetings it has held with the United States and other countries since the EU referendum in 2016.

Theresa May must say 'no' to the trade deal Trump is pushing

Trade justice

Commenting on Donald Trump's statement that the UK's Brexit plans will 'probably kill' a US-UK trade deal, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now and steering committee member of the Stop Trump Coalition said:

Mass protests pledged for Trump's third attempt at UK visit

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Reacting to Theresa May and Donald Trump's meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where they asked officials to finalise a visit by the president to the UK later this year, Nick Dearden director of Global Justice Now, said: