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    Press release |

    Multilateral Investment Court

    The Member States and the Commission continue to ignore the legitimate resistance of European citizens to the transfer of their legal and democratic sovereignty to multinationals. Even if they claim to have cleaned up the ISDS mechanism through the MIC, the truth is it doesn’t change the deeply shocking and discriminatory nature of the sy…
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    EU must reject Trump's "every man for himself" approach

    The Greens/EFA group responds to President Trump's trade tariff announcement.
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    Trade
    Press release |

    ECJ rules that intra-EU ISDS mechanisms are illegal

    The European Court of Justice has today ruled that the investor-state dispute mechanism contained in the bilateral investment agreement between Slovakia and the Netherlands "has an adverse effect on the autonomy of EU law, and is therefore incompatible with EU law."
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    No spyware for dictators: stricter rules for dual-use exports

    On 17 January 2018, the European Parliament will vote on its position for the recast of the "Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items", from Greens/EFA rapporteur Klaus Buchner. Dual-use items can be used for military as well as for civilian purposes, including drones, high performance co…
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    Event |

    Making Globalisation work for the Sustainable Development Goals

    Globalisation describes the advancement of the global integration of the economy, culture and political structures. At this panel, we want to discuss how globalisation can support the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals and what needs to be done in order to make that happen.
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    Trade
    Press release |

    Progress made against dumping from third countries

    Following lengthy trilogues on a new European policy on the dumping of exports from third countries such as China, a new approach has been agreed that is in line with WTO law, but also protects industries from unfair dumping practices.
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    News |

    Stop the rogue EU trade talks with Morocco over Western Sahara

    By Florent Marcellesi, Bodil Valero, Barbara Lochbihler, Pascal Durand, Bart Staes and Margrete Auken, Members of the European Parliment from the Green/EFA Group
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    Press release |

    Investor courts have no place in a fair EU trade policy

    Yannick Jadot welcomes the announcement that the ECJ will have a say on CETA.
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    Press release |

    Rushed process is not serious

    At today's EU-Japan summit, political agreement was reached on the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement (JEFTA). It would be the biggest ever FTA signed by the EU. Negotiations are now expected to continue at the technical level, despite the fact that many critical and highly political issues are yet to be decided on.
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    Event |

    How to Save Trade Policy

    As we take stock of recent political events in the US and Europe concerning trade policy and its impacts, we will bring together a range of experts, academics, NGOs and MEPs to discuss alternatives to the current model and how to improve trade policy going forward.