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As a Member of the European Parliament, I will work for a fair EU trade policy, i.e. a trade that puts the well-being of people and the planet ahead of short-term profit interests while taking into account animal welfare. For these reasons, I promise:

...to reject climate-damaging and toxic trade agreements, such as EU-Mercosur, which create even more precarious jobs.

Trade agreements are currently destroying good, decent jobs, putting wages under pressure, damaging the planet and penalising countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa in particular. We need a new approach to trade that focuses on the well-being of people and the planet, rather than serving the interests of international companies. To achieve this, workers' rights and related standards must be a priority.

...support a trade that promotes environmentally friendly, regionally produced food with high animal welfare standards, shortens supply chains and increases food sovereignty.

Family farms, communities and small businesses must be at the heart of regional trade in agricultural products, rather than large corporations and agribusiness profiting from environmentally destructive and exploitative rules and hiding their profits in tax havens.

...support new rules to stop the export of products that are banned in the EU.

European companies should not make a profit by exporting toxic pesticides and other products whose distribution is prohibited in the EU.

Abolish corporate rights in trade and investment agreements.

Companies in the fossil fuel industry and others use exclusive corporate lawsuits (officially known as investor-state arbitration (ISDS or ICS)) to pursue lawsuits against states outside the national legal system and sue them for billions of euros if, for example, government measures to protect the climate harm their profit interests.

...promote transparency and democracy in the negotiation of trade agreements.

It is necessary to ensure that civil society organisations and trade unions from the countries negotiating a trade agreement are actively involved in the negotiation process and are regularly and comprehensively informed. Splitting trade agreements to avoid scrutiny of national and regional parliaments and to exclude critical voices from EU Member States is unacceptable.