US EditionMore Than 120 Civil Society Groups Urge EU to Cancel US Trade Deal
Civil society groups warn the EU-US trade deal would lock in $750 billion in fossil fuel imports, risking higher energy costs and weakening climate protections, they say.
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Trump’s fossil imperialism has sparked alarms among European civil society. A total of 125 NGOs have called on European Union leaders not to give in to US President’s pressure to increase fossil fuel imports, warning of a loss of sovereignty, competitiveness and climate credibility. Trump’s fossil imperialism challenges European climate policy More than 125 organizations are calling on the EU not to yield to US energy pressures and to maintain i…
More Than 120 Civil Society Groups Urge EU to Cancel US Trade Deal
As the European Parliament debates the trade agreement reached last year by President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, more than 120 civil society groups from across Europe and the globe on Thursday warned that the demands Trump has made on the bloc and his “contempt for international law” have made clear that the US is currently “no longer a good-faith partner.”… Source
120+ Groups Call on EU to Resist Trump's 'Fossil-Fueled Imperialism' and Cancel US Trade Deal
European Parliament debates Trump-EU trade deal as civil society groups warn of US "fossil-fueled imperialism." Cancel the deal, reduce reliance on US fossil fuels, and prioritize renewable energy for a just transition.
The EU's largest political group, the European People's Party, is working to build new safeguards into the last-minute trade deal negotiated between Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump. Although the US president managed to agree on a 15 percent tariff cap after earlier threats of 20, 50, and then 30 percent, it was clear from the start that the promises would not deter Trump from further threats, but his targe…
TheVoiceOfJoyce Better take a hard look at Trump’s budget and just say, NO! While Congress is in session, please note the rest of the World has stopped trading with us. Consumers will pay more because Trump’s tariffs are a tax. Factories planned are not g
On Monday India and the European Union concluded negotiations on a breakthrough free trade agreement. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission — the EU’s executive branch — called it “the mother of all deals.” That description is somewhat over the top. Yet the agreement is in fact historic and important in ways that go beyond economics. For it shows that the world is becoming ever more estranged from an erratic, abusive Uni…
BRUSSELAS- A total of 125 non-governmental organizations today asked in an open letter addressed to European Union leaders to resist the “fossil imperialism” of US President Donald Trump in “solidarity” with Latin America and Greenland. “As long as the EU agrees to Trump’s demands, it will be changing one dangerous dependence for another, gradually renouncing its sovereignty, losing the battle of competitiveness, aggravating the climate crisis,”…
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