Consumers worldwide want to go green. But as the demand for sustainable products is growing significantly, so too is greenwashing, […]
Why do trade rules block the way to sustainable consumption?
Rhoda Karpatkin 1930 – 2023
Rhoda, known as the Grande Dame of the international consumer movement died peacefully at home on the 4th of August, […]
Regulating at a glacial pace: barriers to progress written into our trade regimes
This blog was posted on the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Brussels’ office website. We’re at a climate tipping point, yet international trade rules […]
Food standards on the menu at U.S.-EU talks
With the endorsement on April 15 by a majority of the heads of government of its member states, the European […]
We must reduce, reuse, repair and recycle critical minerals
Electronic waste manufacturing is growing five-times faster than recycling. As the United States Trade Representative (USTR) considers questions of U.S. […]
Civil society proposals to reconcile trade rules with the need for regulatory action
When governments adopt new legislation, they need to check if their plan is in line with international agreements they signed […]
What do UK consumers want from future trade deals?
Context As the UK starts to develop its own trade policy and to negotiate new trade deals for the first […]
Trade is on everyone’s mind – it should be on NCD advocates’ minds too
Everyone seems to be talking about trade. Normally a niche issue relegated to newspapers’ financial pages, it has been catapulted […]