The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement between the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Mercosur countries) are becoming more and more likely. It could be submitted to the EU Council for a vote as early as the second half of 2020. The agreement will increase trade in climate-damaging products, overexploitation of the Amazon rainforest, and inequality between and within economic blocs. This is another reason why the Austrian government and the parliaments of the Netherlands and Wallonia have announced that they will not sign the agreement. The Federal Government has made the EU-Mercosur Agreement a priority for the EU Council Presidency starting on 1 July and supports the agreement in its current form. What is the deal about and what is the threat of environmental degradation, climate change and rising inequality? That's what our new podcast is about.
Podcast No. 9 – No deal with rainforest destroyers!
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Current podcasts
Dirty and dystopian - the EU-Trump trade deal
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Too fast, too complicated – how undemocratic mining projects are in the EU
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Niobium – unknown metal between energy transition, high-tech and upgrade
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Ore from the Amazon – how mining destroys the climate
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Compass World Economy To Go #66.1: 5 points for fair trade with countries of the Global South
#66.1
Green washed and unfair: The EU's trade agenda in Latin America
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Compass World Economy To Go #65.1: Nickel boom and palm oil curse - raw materials in the EU-Indonesia trade agreement
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Nickel from the island state: How the EU-Indonesia trade agreement harms people and nature
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Compass World Economy To Go #64.1: Green steel – how can it be done?
#64.1
Hydrogen in Brandenburg – is the hype over again?
#64
15 years of PowerShift – the anniversary succession
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Compass World Economy To Go #62.1: Toxic trade - How the EU-Mercosur agreement encourages pesticide use
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