Imaginez un monde sans forêts ... En 2017, nous avons perdu plus de forêts tropicales que pratiquement toutes les années précédentes, en raison notamment des investissements et des importations de l’Union européenne (UE) en...
21/03/2019
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On 11 February 2019, the EU started a process that could lead to the temporary suspension of Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market under the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme.
Since 2011 under the EBA, Cambodia...
05/03/2019
Issues surrounding palm oil are increasingly causing division between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); therefore, at their 22nd ministerial meeting in Brussels, 21 January 2019, they agreed to...
05/02/2019
When the head of the WTO says trade does not impact the environment we should all be worried.
The international trading system is facing a crisis – but protectionism isn’t the biggest test EU leaders must deal with.
27/11/2018
L’Union européenne (UE) a pris des engagements fermes en vue d’atténuer le changement climatique, de mettre fin à la déforestation et de veiller au respect des droits humains, y compris les droits fonciers des communautés.
Ce...
20/10/2018
While moves towards greater international cooperation are welcome, the EU’s growing number of new free trade deals must be scrutinised. And in the case of the Japan-EU free trade agreement, the deal’s impact on the fight against...
12/09/2018
As a new round of free trade negotiations between the European Union and Indonesia begins in Brussels, improving forest governance should be central to any agreement.
Palm oil has had a lot of bad press. Shocked by numerous land...
10/07/2018
La colère continue de monter face aux négociations actuelles autour de l'accord de libre-échange entre l'Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur, à savoir le Brésil, l'Argentine, le Paraguay et l'Uruguay.
En France, les...
07/06/2018