{"id":83768,"date":"2023-03-21T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T13:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/?p=83768"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:08:08","slug":"eu-ratstreffen-in-bruessel-powershift-fordert-stopp-der-lateinamerika-freihandelsabkommen","status":"publish","type":"pressemitteilung","link":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/pressemitteilung\/eu-ratstreffen-in-bruessel-powershift-fordert-stopp-der-lateinamerika-freihandelsabkommen\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Council meeting in Brussels: PowerShift calls for a halt to Latin America free trade agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"button default large\" href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PM_Lateinamerika_Abkommen_Stoppen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download press release as PDF (1 p., 37kB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023 at 11 a.m.<br \/>\nAddress: In front of the Chancellery<\/p>\n<p><strong>Berlin, 21 March 2023:<\/strong> On the occasion of the European Council meeting in Brussels from 23 to 24 March, the Network of Fair World Trade is organising a<br \/>\nAction 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 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.<br \/>\nIt hurts the Atlantic. The announced declaration of interpretation of the EU-Mercosur agreement, which will be negotiated in all secrecy, will not change this,\u201d says Bettina M\u00fcller, Head of Trade and Investment Policy at PowerShift e.V.<\/p>\n<p>Uwe Hiksch, member of the Federal Board of Naturefriends of Germany, also explains: \u201cThe EU-Mercosur agreement must be prevented. With this agreement, the<br \/>\nThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that the Federal Government\u2019s concern to diversify trade relations and reduce dependence on China is justified. Trade agreements that<br \/>\nFixing 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.<br \/>\nInstead, trade policy must be consistently oriented towards the goal of a socio-ecological transformation of the economy,\u201d is also Dr Klaus Schilder, speaker for<br \/>\nSustainable management at Misereor convinces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or interviews, please do not hesitate to contact us on site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Press contact<\/b><br \/>\nBettina M\u00fcller<\/p>\n<p>Trade and Investment Policy Officer<\/p>\n<p>PowerShift e.V.<\/p>\n<p>Tel. 0174 4537604<\/p>\n<p>bettina.mueller@power-shift.de<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button default large\" href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PM_Lateinamerika_Abkommen_Stoppen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download press release as PDF (1 p., 37kB)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download press release as PDF (1 p., 37kB) Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023, 11 a.m. Address: Before the Chancellery of 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 an action in front of the Federal Chancellery. 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