🚨BREAKING🚨 #MC13 collapse – Developing countries successfully push back against radical new WTO expansion agenda, but outcome fails developing countries as well
Final Outcome Analysis, Civil Society Quotes on Fish, Ag, E-Commerce & More 👇
305 MPs and MEPs demand the #EUCommission not to remove national and regional parliaments’ right to vote in favour or against the #EU - #Mercosur trade agreement, see the infographic for what this entail. Letter in link. https://t.co/tVCEe7MecN
Nomakhosazana Nomnqa from @MacuaWamua calls on the Dutch government to support the creation of UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights to stop the social & environmental destruction by corporates in the Global South
#SFFP#FFP
Kicking off the #EUCELAC parallel event on trade “A new EU-Latin America trade relationship for the 21st Century” join us on the live stream https://t.co/LRwxBEI06S
Absurd: ““Buitenlandse investeerders die gebruik maken van Nederlandse verdragen hebben claims ingediend voor ‘n bedrag van 105 miljard dollar, blijkt uit ‘t onderzoek. De speciale rechtbanken hebben tot dusver 18 miljard dollar aan compensatie toegekend.” https://t.co/zMJt9gttTO
⚡️🚨 Breaking 🚨⚡️
33 Members of Congress are calling on @AmbassadorTai and @SecBlinken to investigate all options to dismantle #ISDS, the greed-fueled corporate tribunal system, following a jaw-dropping case filed against Honduras last year.
EXCLUSIVE: https://t.co/QDU3FKKeSs
Approval of the #deforestation regulation by @europarl_en marks a major step forward in the fight against global deforestation. It is essential given that the EU is one of the main importers of agricultural commodities resulting from deforestation. 🧵
🔛2023 #AllDAGs meeting with EU DAGs, @DRedonnet & @saskiabricmont
Discussing:
📌Accomplishments & challenges of this DAG mandate
📌Preparation for next mandate▶️ ensuring that environmental & labor standards stay front & center in current and upcoming FTAs
📌Looking beyond #TSD
The strategy is clear: kill the COP or declare oil and gas green energy…. “The COP is dead, long live oil and gas” #COP28#ClimateAction https://t.co/6BWx6FUSod
Ruim 200 (!) organisaties zeggen NEE tegen het splitsen van handelsverdragen als EU-Mercosur, EU-Mexico & EU-Chili. De @EU_Commission wil dat graag om ratificatie door de nationale parlementen te omzeilen, want veel landen zijn kritisch over deze deals https://t.co/7yIE36gIN8 1/2
“The devil is in the details. A #FFP would demand changing power relations, willingness to take risks, political leadership to step up & NL embassies to step up in reaching out & consulting local feminist networks, that have always been there & fighting for justice.’ @fernandohe
Fossil fuel companies are using #ISDS to sue governments in secretive tribunals when they pass laws to protect the climate. It is time for governments at COP27 to put an end to this dangerous system. https://t.co/2ir25j9Jo2 #stopISDS#exitECT#COP27
350+ organisations are calling on governments at #COP27 to commit to getting rid of the unjust and dangerous #ISDS system, which jeopardises any goals for climate action. Join the call! https://t.co/2ir25iSGm2 #stopisds
Bijzondere procedure in de Tweede Kamer, waarbij @BuHa_OSTK een delegatie van vier Braziliaanse milieuactivisten ontvangt, is begonnen! Oa over de gevolgen van het EU-Mercosur vedrag. Dank @Ct_teunissen@PartijvdDieren voor dit belangrijke initiatief, hard nodig en indrukwekkend!
BREAKING! The Polish parliament has today voted with an overwhelming majority (418 out of 436 votes) to withdraw from the #EnergyCharterTreaty. The upper chamber still needs to approve. Poland will be the first EU country to withdraw after Italy but it won't be the last! #noECT