No palm oil in the EU-Indonesia trade and investment agreement

12 March 2019

The EU-Indonesia trade deal CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) is currently being discussed in Brussels. Indonesian negotiators are hoping to sell their favourite good to Europeans: palm oil. A commodity smeared with controversy, as it causes labour violations, deforestation or climate change.

Civil society statement on EU-US trade deal

18 February 2019

On 21st February, the European Council has decided on the adoption of two mandates to allow the EU Commission to start negotiating a trade deal with the United States. Over 100 global and European civil society groups demand EU Member States to reject this deal as it endangers the climate and is not in line with the Paris agreement.

The EU’s double agenda on globalisation: Corporate rights vs people’s rights

15 October 2018

The European Union and its Member States are important actors when it comes to shaping globalisation.

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