Civil society statement against CETA
UK Civil Society organisationa call on MPs to reject CETA, which could have significant negative consequences for UK public services and regulation
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Liam Fox’s ‘new for old’ Brexit trade deals should not bypass parliament and democratic scrutiny
The Trade Bill could result in Britain doing trade deals which undergo less scrutiny than through the European Union. This is not taking back control.
Free trade is bad for women. A WTO declaration won’t change that.
Gendered exploitation is at the heart of the free trade agenda - a few tweaks to the edges won’t make it feminist.
The gaping hole in the Trade Bill
The UK government's trade bill has nothing to ensure that trade deals are accountable to the public and parliament
Letter by leading academics calling for trade democracy
55 academics call on the government to amend the trade bill to include core scrutiny and accountability mechanisms
Parliament to be ‘shut out’ of post-Brexit trade deals
TJM's response to the UK Government's Trade White Paper
Big tobacco bullies the global south. Trade deals are their biggest weapon
Paul Keenlyside from TJM and Matt Bramall from Health Poverty Action on Big Tobacco's use of trade to force their products into new markets
Group letter to the next UK government on trade policy and climate change
Letter calling on the UK government to use its trade policy to reaffirm and strengthen a globally coordinated response to climate change
Responding to Trump, climate change and global delinquency
Paul Keenlyside from the TJM describes how trade policy should be repurposed to support action on climate change and deter free riding
We need to stop the financialisation of justice
Paul Keenlyside from the Trade Justice Movement describes how UK-based financial institutions are gambling on the outcome of ISDS cases
Workers’ rights are central to the UK’s post-Brexit trade deals
Rosa Crawford from the TUC describes the trade union fight for trade and investment agreements that support workers’ right in the UK and globally
General Election 2017: What is TJM calling for?
International trade will be one of the defining issues of the next Parliament and the UK’s future. Read TJM's 2017 General Election manifesto asks
The Multilateral Investment Court - the plot that just keeps running
Matt Grady from Traidcraft describes how the EC's proposed Multilateral Investment Court is a repackaging of the discredited ISDS system
Post-Brexit, we should all be worried about our BITs
Post-Brexit, the UK will likely need to renegotiate its trade deals, including BITs. Ruth Bergan of TJM revisits the implications for workers.
How UK trade policies could help heal global health care inequalities.
One-third of the world cannot access essential medicine. Leaders must push for trade deals that drive down healthcare costs for the world’s poorest