Trade and Investment Policy,Climate Policy,Publication

EU Mercosur: Attack on climate protection and human rights

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 [...]
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Environmental protection in the sustainability chapters of EU trade agreements

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.
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With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

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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Under pressure: With corporate lawsuits against environmental protection

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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