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Stumbling trap for climate protection

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Stumbling trap for climate protection

From Merle Groneweg / 20.02.2020 Comments Disabled

How the Energy Charter Treaty Endangers Ambitious Climate Policy To Limit Global Temperature Rise, It Is Necessary to Reach Over 80 Countries% to keep the known reserves of fossil fuels in the ground. However, companies continue to invest...

Analysis of the Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur

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Analysis of the Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur

From Dr. Luciana Ghiotto and Dr. Javier Echaide / 16.01.2020 Comments Disabled

On 28. In June 2019, after 20 years of negotiations, the European Union and the Mercosur countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay [...]

Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

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Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

From Merle Groneweg and Michael Reckordt / 30.12.2019 Comments Disabled

The debate on binding human rights and environmental protection along the entire supply chain has gained momentum. Internationally, as well as in Germany, legal regulations are being debated. In the dispute comes a [...]

60 years of bilateral investment protection – a ticking time bomb

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60 years of bilateral investment protection – a ticking time bomb

From Alessa Hartmann and Bettina Müller / 25.11.2019 Comments Disabled

Germany's bilateral investment agreements under the scrutiny of corporate lawmakers stand in the way of a progressive climate policy and endanger environmental and consumer protection. A large part of corporate lawsuits against states are based on bilateral investment treaties.

When the dead are resurrected

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When the dead are resurrected

From Jeremy Oestreich, Bettina Müller, Alessa Hartmann and Peter Fuchs / 02.10.2019 Comments Disabled

As the EU tries to breathe new life into investment protection, corporations can sue states before private arbitration tribunals if they miss out on profits, for example, through health regulations or climate protection laws. An unfair system...

EU Mercosur: Attack on climate protection and human rights

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EU Mercosur: Attack on climate protection and human rights

From Thomas Fritz / 23.09.2019 Comments Disabled

The consequences of the EU Association Agreement with Mercosur for people and the environment at the end of June, the negotiators of the EU and Mercosur announced a political agreement that will mark the imminent end of the [...]

Can trade policy protect the environment?

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Can trade policy protect the environment?

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

The sustainability chapters in EU trade agreements For many years, consumer protection organisations, environmental associations and trade unions, as well as political decision-makers, have criticised the fact that the EU's trade policy...

Regulatory cooperation in CETA

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Regulatory cooperation in CETA

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

Danger to the environment and consumers? Regulatory cooperation is an important part of the EU's new free trade agreements. Among other things, it is part of the agreement between Canada and the EU, the Comprehensive Economic [...]

Environmental protection in the sustainability chapters of EU trade agreements

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Environmental protection in the sustainability chapters of EU trade agreements

From Thomas Fritz / 15.08.2019 Comments Disabled

The EU wants to make its trade policy more environmentally and climate-friendly with so-called sustainability chapters. But does it work? Thomas Fritz doubts the effectiveness of the sustainability chapters in this study.

New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

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New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

From Merle Groneweg / 04.07.2019 Comments Disabled

Impact on the environment, human rights and economic development With new chapters on raw materials and energy, the EU Commission wants to ensure the best possible access to these important imported goods for European companies. In the meantime...