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Enlazando Alternativas
Cumbre de los Pueblos
Lima, 13-16 May 2008
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Read the Call to Lima
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Signatory organisations
Week of events on EU FTAs
In April 2008 FoEE, together with allied networks, organised the largest ever gathering of civil society organisations on EU Free Trade Agreements.
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Panel Debate
'Trade and Climate Change: Peril or Promise?', WTO Public Forum, Geneva, 5 October 2007
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Interview
Charly Poppe, FoEE Trade Campaigner, was interviewed by Radio Mundo Real on the role of the EU in global trade negotiation and their impact on the environment, 6 April 2007.
Listen to the interview in English, French, Spanish
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Conference
"The EU's responsibility at the WTO: Environment, Gender and Development"
9 November 2005, European Parliament, Brussels
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Letter to R. Zoellick ahead of ICSID Administrative Council, international civil society organisations, 3 October 2008
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Dangerous Changes in GATS Negotiating Rules, Open Letter to WTO delegations of civil society organisations, 14 July 2008
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Social and Environmental Standards in EU FTAs - Presentation to the Special Committee on Globalisation of the Belgian Parliament
20 June 2008
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The EU's responsibility in the global food crisis: trade liberalisation and deregulation are "false solutions"
Open Letter of European Civil Society Organisations to EU Trade and Agriculture Ministers
19 June 2008
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The WTO's Doha Round will not Solve the Global Food Crisis - Time for Real Solutions
International Open Letter of Civil Society Organisations to Trade and Agriculture Ministers
3 June 2008
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Enlazando Alternativas 3 - Lima - Final Declaration
16 May 2008
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The WTO and the Food and Financial Crises
Statement of Civil Society Organisations, 24 April 2008
Civil Society Declaration to the EU-LAC Summit, Lima, 1 April 2008
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Call to Lima's Peoples' Summit
April 2008
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Signatory organisations
EU-Central America first negotiating round
NGO letter to European negotiators, 15 October 2007
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Stop EPAs!
Global civil society statement, 27 September 2007
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European and Korean Civil Society and Social Movements Unite Against the 'Global Europe' Strategy and the South-Korea-EU FTA
Statement for the third FTA negotiation round, Brussels, 19 September 2007
NO to a new FTA with the EU!
Declaration of social movements of the Andean region, Latin America and Europe on the EU-CAN Association Agreement, September 2007
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International Conference on 'Global Europe'
Living Beyond its Resources: Impacts of 'Global Europe' on Sustainable Development
On Dec 4/5 2008, more than 160 people from over 30 countries participated in two days of debates on Europe's trade policy 'Global Europe'.
Since November 2006, 'Global Europe' is the new central feature of the EU's external economic policies. Global Europe promotes a globally-oriented Europe and the expansion of the realm of "free trade" rules according to the imperative of "competitiveness". One of the main objectives of Global Europe is to secure enhanced market access and cheap supplies for European industries abroad. This poses a series of questions in terms of compatibility of Global Europe with the sustainability agenda of the European Union, and its commitment towards the sustainable use of natural resources.
Friends of the Earth Europe, together with the Intergroup on Globalisation of the European Parliament hosted the International Conference on 'Global Europe', Natural Resources and Sustainability. The conference filled a gap in the current debate around Global Europe, where civil society groups, NGOs and social movements have been little involved
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Undercutting Africa, Impact of EPAs on Forests and Biodiversity, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Oct. 2008 |
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French Presidency of the EU - Prospects for Trade Policy, Briefing Paper, April 2008
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Climate Change and International Trade: The Need for a Paradigm Shift, article by Meena Raman and Charly Poppe, PES publication, January 2008
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From Hearing to Listening: Improving the Dialogue between DG Trade and Civil Society, ActionAid, FoEE, Solidar, March 2007
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Corporate Power over EU Trade Policy: Good for Business, Bad for the World
Report, Seattle to Brussels Network, Oct. 2006
Media briefing about the report
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