Free trade agreements

Trade agreements and sustainability: innovations and illusions in EU and US agreements

As the climate emergency deepens, governments, civil society, corporations and individuals must pursue multiple paths in order to meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement is not self-enforcing, and the commitments of the signatory governments are voluntary.

Sustainability innovation and illusions in EU and US trade agreements

With the climate emergency deepening and government responses falling short, time is running out.

Can we harness the power of trade agreements to achieve our climate ambitions?

As the climate emergency deepens, governments, civil society, corporations and individuals must pursue multiple paths in order to meet or exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

A new leader for a new era: A WTO Agenda for the 2020s

Written for and originally published in IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2021.

Hopes for new beginnings on US trade policy

This article first appeared as part of the "On the Precipice: The Progressive Agenda in the Biden Era" for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office.

USTR Nominee Katherine Tai Must Recalibrate US Trade Policy

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New factsheets on EU-Mercosur deal expose risks to both regions

Last week, Brazil National Space Research Institute (INPE) reported the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon since 2008. Between August 2019 and July 2020, 11,087 square kilometers were deforested in the Amazon under the Bolsonaro government. The latest figures come on top of rising deforestation rates in previous years.