(24.06.2016)
Brexit has created the potential greater democratic control of trade deals. And we must ensure we use that to craft a trade policy that is geared to justice for the many rather than profits for the few.
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Stimulating discussion on progress between INSTEX and STFI at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce with the Irano-British Chamber, STFI shareholders and International Trade Director Keith Wellings #UK #Iran
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Trade Union movement is not in favour of a second referendum. Tonight the Communication Workeea Union reaffirmed their opposition. ASLEF is opposed as is UNITE.
Labour’s NEC Brexit meeting: What is at stake?
But the need to fight European elections – taking place on 23 May – has led 34 of the party’s candidates to say that this ambiguity is no longer sustainable.
Around 100 MPs from across the party agree with them.
They want a clear commitment to a referendum under all circumstances.
ECJ confirms legality of unfair corporate tribunals in EU trade deals
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled that provisions for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS, rebranded as ICS – Investment Court System) in the EU-Canada trade deal CETA are compatible with EU law.
This decision dangerously legitimises a mechanism that enables companies to claim multi-billion sum damages from governments that dare to stand up to their power. The ruling also comes as a blow to millions of citizens who have spoken out against this parallel justice system for corporations, most recently, more than 555,000 petitioners from all over Europe demanded an end to the ISDS system in all its forms.
EU court rules in favour of Canada’s free-trade deal with bloc
The European Union-Canada free-trade agreement’s provisions to protect investors do not breach EU law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday in a major relief for proponents of the deal that came into force in 2017.
Trump promised to reduce the trade deficit, stop outsourcing of American jobs and rip up NAFTA. Instead: -Our trade deficit in goods up to record-breaking $891 billion -$50 billion in government contracts given to outsourcers -185,000 American jobs shipped overseas on his watch
„What we have seen over the last many years is one disastrous trade policy after another. … It has led to a race to the bottom.“ – @BernieSanders on the importance of creating „new trade policies which protect the interests of American workers.“
Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro To Be Honored At American Museum of Natural History Gala
Each year, leaders of the international business and finance community gather in the American Museum of Natural History for a black-tie gala hosted by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce. In the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, under the blue whale, the attendees honor two „persons of the year“ — one Brazilian, one American — seen as best advancing the economic relationship between the two countries.