Resources
Securing Democracy in UK Trade Policy: Developing a transparent and democratic approach to trade agreements
The UK Government has introduced a new Trade Bill, but provisions to make trade policy accountable to Parliament are sorely lacking and must be incorporated.Image
No More Secret Trade Deals: The Urgent Need for Transparency and Democracy in UK Trade Deals
With Brexit negotiations underway, the UK government must pass legislation on trade in line with the powers it is expected to gain to negotiate and conclude UK trade deals. This legislation will be captured under the trade bill due to come before parliament ...
Leaflet: Stand With Migrant Workers
War on Want believes in decent work and a living wage for all, regardless of immigration status. Only by protecting equal social and labour rights for all workers can we stop a race to the bottom where employers drive down working conditions for everyone.&nb...
Briefing: Brexit and Trade Justice for the Global South
The UK's decision to leave the EU means that, for the first time in 40 years, trade policy will return to UK government competence. In the two-year period in which Brexit negotiations take place, the UK government and public attention will inevitably be focu...
Briefing: Key Issues in UK Trade Policy Post-Brexit
Trade and investment deals have a huge impact on almost all aspects of daily life. This briefing provides an introduction to what modern trade and investment deals are, and how they affect our lives.
Briefing: Democratising UK Trade Policy - Why it Matters to us All
Modern trade and investment deals cover almost every aspect of everyday life: from healthcare to environmental and labour standards, and international development. This makes them everybody's business.
Infosheet: Stand With Migrant Workers
Migrant workers across the UK face prejudice, abuse and exploitation. In the wake of Brexit, the call to ‘control our borders’ risks being used to not only restrict freedom of movement but to weaken the rights of migrant workers.
Briefing: UK Protections for International Investors - Not Fit for Purpose
Investment protection provisions - known as 'corporate courts' - are contained in Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements, both of which are binding agreements between two or more countries.
New study on the contents of European-Canadian trade agreement CETA
European and Canadian NGOs call for an immediate halt of the CETA free trade agreement
Summary: Food Safety, Agriculture and Regulatory Cooperation in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Europe and Canada will have a major impact on food and how it will be regulated. History shows that trade agreements put food safety at risk by harmonizing standards and reducing regulati...