Human rights on the siding

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Human rights on the siding

From Thomas Fritz / 25.06.2019 Comments Disabled

The European Union has negotiated a free trade and investment protection agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in recent years. The two contracts are based on [...]

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International Regulatory Cooperation and the Common Good

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International Regulatory Cooperation and the Common Good

From Louisa Prause / 23.05.2019 Comments Disabled

The EU's trade agreement with Canada (CETA) is one of the first EU agreements to include an extensive chapter on regulatory cooperation. Critical voices warn that regulatory cooperation is a gateway to deregulation and...

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With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

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With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

From Louisa Prause / 16.05.2019 Comments Disabled

What do trade policy and environmental protection have to do with each other? More than you think, because trade agreements lay the foundations for billion-dollar corporate lawsuits against environmental protection. These lawsuits are also known as ISDS (Investor State...

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No new negotiations with old TTIP topics!

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No new negotiations with old TTIP topics!

From Alessa Hartmann / 13.03.2019 Comments Disabled

Lobbycontrol and PowerShift have jointly published an initial analysis of the draft mandates for regulatory cooperation, which is available for download in English.

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Under pressure: With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

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Under pressure: With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

From Alessa Hartmann / 21.01.2019 Comments Disabled

PowerShift, together with the Environment and Development Forum, Campact, BUND, AbL and attac, has published a new case study in which we investigate the impact of corporate lawsuits on environmental legislation and present examples of various lawsuits.

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Trade Agreement with Japan: Is Fukusushi at risk?

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Trade Agreement with Japan: Is Fukusushi at risk?

From Alessa Hartmann / 02.01.2018 Comments Disabled

Volume 151 of Political Ecology deals with Asia. This also includes an article by PowerShift trade expert Alessa Hartmann on the trade agreement between Japan and Europe. An order option for the entire publication [...]

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EU trade policy and the Global South

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EU trade policy and the Global South

From editorial / 29.11.2017 Comments Disabled

EPAs, ASEAN and TiSA: Requirements for trade policy reform from a development perspective In this new publication, Thomas Fritz explores a side of EU trade policy that has so far been discussed in the discussion on CETA.

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CETA: Risks and side effects

From editorial / 15.11.2017 Comments Disabled

CETA and Public Health We are pleased that the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) has added an additional chapter to our main publication "Making Sense of CETA: Read and understand CETA" by [...]

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Overexploitation in the raw materials sector

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Overexploitation in the raw materials sector

From editorial / 25.10.2017 Comments Disabled

How corporations enforce their interests with investor lawsuits In the newly published factsheet: "Predation in the raw materials sector - how corporations enforce their interests with investor lawsuits" is all about investors suing states. [...]

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For human rights regulation of the global economy

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For human rights regulation of the global economy

From editorial / 18.09.2017 Comments Disabled

Today, the Treaty Alliance Germany published a position paper on the UN Treaty Process on Transnational Corporations and Enterprises. The Treaty Alliance Germany is an association...

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