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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · 1d

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · 1d

We also need to face the changed reality of the current chaotic times and the challenges of how we respond

@lughiotto.bsky.social posed us the question 'Did Trump steal our agenda?'

europeantradejustice.org/25-years/

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · 1d

The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary

It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before

25 years of trade justice campaigning from Seattle to Brussels

YouTube video by European Trade Justice Coalition

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 23d

3️⃣ Huawei is suing Sweden for protecting its 5G network on national security grounds, seeking ≈500M via #ISDS in a 🇨🇳🇸🇪 treaty.

With 1000+ bilateral deals between 🇪🇺 & non-EU countries, most of which using #ISDS, Member States' right to regulate is at risk. The 🇪🇺 must act 10isdsstories.org/case/case-4/

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 23d

2️⃣ Oil & gas giant Klesch group (registered in tax heaven Jersey btw) is suing 🇩🇰 + 🇩🇪 + 🇪🇺 to dodge the windfall tax on energy firms.

While people struggled with soaring energy bills, they pocketed massive profits, and now use private courts #ISDS to avoid paying back 👉 10isdsstories.org/case/case-2/

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 23d

Example 1️⃣ Sanctioned Russian oligarch Fridman is weaponising #ISDS to sue Luxembourg for freezing his assets, demanding a mind-blowing $16 billion payout. While war victims get nothing, ISDS protects war profiteers.

Time to end this unjust system, don't you think? 10isdsstories.org/case/case-1/

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 23d

🆕 stories show how old investment treaties still roll out the red carpet for investors to sue EU countries over sanctions against aggressive regimes, national security, climate laws, tax policies …

This secretive #ISDS system puts profits above democracy. Read more 👉 10isdsstories.org #StopISDS

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Maxime Combes @maximecombes.bsky.social · 18d

À Bruxelles pour la réunion annuelle, et les 25 ans, du réseau européen « trade justice » @eurtradejustice.bsky.social qui regroupe les ONG, associations, chercheurs critiques de la mondialisation telle qu’elle est mise en œuvre depuis des années par Bruxelles et les capitales de l’UE.

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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · Sep 8

Be scared. Lord Mandelson is at the centre of a US-UK Tech deal ready to be signed next week.

MPs and the public know nothing about its contents, as the government has been even more secretive than Johnson’s on trade.

But we know enough to be very worried 🧵

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Sep 4

Undemocratic, the #EUMercosur is toxic!

We joined +40 civil society groups and farmers unions in braving the rain to make sure EU policymakers heard us loud and clear 📣

Why the adoption of the deal is a democratic hijack 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 13

@caneurope.org @eurtradejustice.bsky.social @attac.at ‬ @powershift.bsky.social @cncd.be‬ @greenpeace.eu @troca-plataforma.bsky.social @oxfam.be

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great piece by @ftm.eu exposing how private tribunals, skewed in the industry’s favour, undermine climate action across the EU and beyond.

And it doesn't stop there: these corporate lawsuits are violating EU sanction policies & undercutting national security decisions. More on this soon 👀

Alistair Keepe @alistairkeepe.bsky.social · Aug 28

2025 is a record-breaking year for claims filed by fossil fuel and mining firms against democratic policies – marking a grim milestone in a surge of polluting industries seeking compensation for lost profits via a secretive tribunal.

For @ftm.eu with contributions by ao @anilyilmaz.bsky.social

Record number of corporate lawsuits target climate action in controversial tribunal

Behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., fossil fuel and mining companies are suing governments over lost profits. Follow the Money has analysed how a system built to protect foreign investors poses a...

www.ftm.eu

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 13

🍽️ What’s on your plate? With the EU-Mercosur trade deal, it will be banned pesticides, burning Amazon and climate destruction.

❌ Say NO to this dinner disaster! stopeumercosur.org/take-action/ #StopEUMercosur

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

But this most recent case shows that wasn't enough. Fossil fuel companies will continue to find ways to use this shady ISDS system to rake in billions and block climate actions, until we get rid of the whole system

That's why we're campaigning to #stopISDS

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

The UK, along with many other European countries and the EU itself, have already withdrawn from one of the most damaging ISDS treaties, the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty

The EU and UK Withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty: A New Era for Climate Action? - Center for International Environmental Law

The EU & UK’s withdrawals from the Energy Charter Treaty is a shift in climate policy, concluding that fossil fuel protections are against climate action.

www.ciel.org

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

The UK is rumoured to also be being sued using the same system by Huawei and a Russian oligarch, but refuses to release any information about these cases.

UK says they don’t have to disclose pending investor-state arbitrations, amidst rumors of treaty claim by Russian oligarch | Investment Arbitration Reporter

www.iareporter.com

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

The system they are using is formally called ISDS, which allows corporations to sue, potentially for billions.

It has increasingly been used in recent years by fossil fuel companies to sue over climate policies. The UN has said it risks having a chilling effect that could block climate action.

Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis

Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money

www.theguardian.com

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

Now the investors behind the coal mine project is suing the UK in a secretive tribunal, outside of the national courts using a system written in to trade deals

The investors are using a little known UK-Singapore treaty - although they are ultimately owned in the tax haven of the Cayman Islands.

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government

Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans

www.theguardian.com

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

Last year, the UK's high court ruled against a new coal mine going ahead, on the grounds that climate impacts must be taken into account - the emissions from burning the coal extracted had not been considered.

It was a victory for local groups who campaigned against it and the environment

High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven

www.theguardian.com

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · Aug 11

"We’ve been calling on the government to scrap ISDS in its trade deals for years, to stop exactly this eventuality: fossil fuel companies suing us over necessary climate action."

- Our campaigner @cleodierickard.bsky.social quoted in @theguardian.com 👇🏽

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government

Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans

www.theguardian.com

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 14

‘Trade must not come at the expense of peoples’ rights & international law’

At the EU Parliament, Rasha Abu Dayyeh (PENGON Friends of the Earth Palestine) urged action: suspend trade and cooperation with companies and institutions complicit of the on-going genocide in Gaza.

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are calling on EU Member States and the EU @kajakallas.bsky.social to Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement without delay! europeantradejustice.org/open-letter-...

Now is the time for immediate suspension. Anything less is complicity.

Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement!

Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! To: High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas CC: President of…

europeantradejustice.org

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ahead of tomorrow’s Foreign Affairs Council, the @eurtradejustice.bsky.social sent a letter to EU Vice-President Kaja Kallas, calling for the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement.

Anything less is complicity.

Act now.

friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...

Letter to EU Vice-President Kallas: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! - Friends of the Earth Europe

To: High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas CC: Dear Ms. Kaja Kallas, We, the undersigned members of the European Trade Ju...

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Jul 14

🚨 Urgent call to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and end trade and cooperation with Israel, in light of the continuing genocide in Gaza and Israel’s long-standing violations of international law.

Read it here 👉 europeantradejustice.org/open-letter-...

@eurtradejustice.bsky.social

Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement!

Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! To: High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas CC: President of…

europeantradejustice.org

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Jul 9

⌛️ We have a few months left to block the ratification of the toxic EU-Mercosur trade deal.

📣 Let's build pressure in all EU countries to tell our policy-makers #StopEUMercosur.

Organise your own action locally with help from our mobilisation kit 👉 stopeumercosur.org/take-action/

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