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Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023 at 11 a.m.
Address: In front of the Chancellery
Berlin, 21 March 2023: On the occasion of the European Council meeting in Brussels from 23 to 24 March, the Network of Fair World Trade is organising a
Action in front of the Federal Chancellery. The aim is to draw attention to the contradictions of the EU trade agenda, in particular the agreements with Mercosur, Mexico and Chile, with regard to the protection of climate, environment and human rights. We call on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to oppose the signing of the above-mentioned trade agreements in the spirit of a globally just, climate-protecting trade policy, thus following the example of Austria, the Netherlands and France.
“By ratifying the agreements with Latin America, the Federal Government is pushing forward a neocolonial foreign economic policy that benefits people and nature on both fronts.
It hurts the Atlantic. The announced declaration of interpretation of the EU-Mercosur agreement, which will be negotiated in all secrecy, will not change this,” says Bettina Müller, Head of Trade and Investment Policy at PowerShift e.V.
Uwe Hiksch, member of the Federal Board of Naturefriends of Germany, also explains: “The EU-Mercosur agreement must be prevented. With this agreement, the
The deforestation of the Amazon continues to accelerate and the interests of export-oriented agricultural groups are enforced. This trade policy, which is one-sidedly export-oriented, must finally be brought to an end.”
“It is true that the Federal Government’s concern to diversify trade relations and reduce dependence on China is justified. Trade agreements that
Fixing countries of the Global South in the role of suppliers of raw materials and endangering human rights, the environment and the climate is the wrong way to do so.
Instead, trade policy must be consistently oriented towards the goal of a socio-ecological transformation of the economy,” is also Dr Klaus Schilder, speaker for
Sustainable management at Misereor convinces.
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Press contact
Bettina Müller
Trade and Investment Policy Officer
PowerShift e.V.
Tel. 0174 4537604
bettina.mueller@power-shift.de
