{"id":5708,"date":"2021-01-18T13:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/?p=5708"},"modified":"2021-01-18T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T16:50:58","slug":"lets-rebuild-a-fairer-greener-and-more-sustainable-trade-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/lets-rebuild-a-fairer-greener-and-more-sustainable-trade-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s rebuild a fairer, greener and more sustainable trade policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greens\/EFA proposals for the EU trade policy review<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world and caused an unprecedented disruption<\/a> to the international economy. If we have learned anything from this global catastrophe, it\u2019s that we are all irrevocably bound together with a responsibility of care towards each other, as much as towards ourselves. As we begin to rebuild global trade, we need to ensure that our policies reflect what we have learned. We need to make trade more just, more environmentally conscious and more sustainable than it was before.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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On 17th February, the European Commission will publish a communication on a renewed EU trade policy. This will be the long-awaited result of a major exercise within the Commission to review the EU\u2019s trade policy, with the support of a public consultation<\/a> that received over 400 responses from stakeholders and a resolution<\/a> adopted in November 2020 by the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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This EU Trade Policy Review is a unique opportunity to fundamentally rethink and reshape our rules to ensure fairer, greener and more sustainable trade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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To this end, the Greens\/EFA MEPs on the International Trade Committee prepared a position paper<\/a> outlining concrete steps that the Commission must take in order to mainstream the European Green Deal across EU trade policy, drawing on our position paper Green Trade for All<\/a>. We hope to see these measures in the communication that will be published on 17th February.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Some of our highlights for making EU trade fairer, greener and better for people and planet:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Trade and climate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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