#Act4 AnimalsEU On Tuesday 16 June, Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan launched a Trade Policy Review. EU Trade Policy Review is an opportunity for the EU to better address animal welfare in trade 22 June 2020 EurogroupforAnimals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Eurogroup for Animals believes that the EU-Mercosur agreement, as it stands now, is a bad deal for animals, nature and people. We must stop the ratification of this agreement, as it stands. What is at stake for animals in the EU-Mercosur Agreement? 22 June 2020 EurogroupforAnimals
#Act4 AnimalsEU On Monday 15 June, Eurogroup for Animals held a webinar entitled “Animal welfare and SDGs: How should EU trade policy help?” and officially launched its report on “Animal Welfare, Trade and SDGs”. Using trade policy to promote animal welfare is crucial to achieve SDGs 22 June 2020 EurogroupforAnimals
#Act4 AnimalsEU The pandemic has exposed tensions over food security that are now playing out in the UK-EU trade talks. Coronavirus: UK farmers face brutal test ahead of Brexit 8 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU 'Dual tariff' regime would see different levels of duty on imported foods, depending on whether they comply with UK welfare standards Britain ready to allow import of chlorinated chicken from US 8 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Commission is awaiting formal notification that the Netherlands has rejected the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Dutch Parliament adopts a resolution against the ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade deal 8 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Eurogroup for Animals’s Trade and Animal Welfare Programme will be holding a webinar on "Animal Welfare and SDGs: How should EU trade policy help?" on Monday 15th June from 16:00 to 18:00 CEST. Webinar: Animal welfare and the SDGs 8 June 2020 EurogroupforAnimals
#Act4 AnimalsEU For the first time ever, a trade agreement will contain a specific chapter dedicated to animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance. EU-Mexico trade agreement will be the first to include an animal welfare chapter 30 April 2020 EurogroupforAnimals
#Act4 AnimalsEU Boris Johnson’s plan to seal a deal with Brussels on the future relationship with the UK by the end of December has been described as “fantasy land” by EU officials, as a leaked letter revealed the scale of the bloc’s inability to function during the coronavirus pandemic. UK plan to agree trade deal by December is fantasy, says EU 14 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The World Trade Organization on Wednesday forecast that goods trade would shrink more steeply this year than in the global financial crisis a decade ago before rebounding in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes - if countries worked together. WTO sees 'ugly' trade plunge worse than in financial crisis 14 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU and 15 other members of the WTO today decided on an arrangement that will allow them to bring appeals and solve trade disputes among them despite the current paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body. EU and 15 World Trade Organization members establish contingency appeal arrangement for trade disputes 6 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Under German leadership, the EU should also negotiate a new TTIP agreement with the USA. That should face resistance. The German presidency plans to make concluding the EU-Mercosur Agreement a priority 6 April 2020
