Trade Justice Movement
@tradejusticemov.bsky.social
TJM is a UK-based coalition of trade unions, NGOs, fair trade and faith groups pushing for trade justice.
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Our December newsletter is out, with updates on:
• ⚖️ ISDS, including 2 cases against the UK 🤯
• 🇮🇳 UK–India trade talks
• 🪨 Critical minerals strategy
• 🗣️ Public attitudes to trade
• 🌐 Other trade justice news
👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=596e56fafb
• ⚖️ ISDS, including 2 cases against the UK 🤯
• 🇮🇳 UK–India trade talks
• 🪨 Critical minerals strategy
• 🗣️ Public attitudes to trade
• 🌐 Other trade justice news
👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=596e56fafb
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Our December newsletter is out, with updates on:
• ⚖️ ISDS, including 2 cases against the UK 🤯
• 🇮🇳 UK–India trade talks
• 🪨 Critical minerals strategy
• 🗣️ Public attitudes to trade
• 🌐 Other trade justice news
👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=596e56fafb
• ⚖️ ISDS, including 2 cases against the UK 🤯
• 🇮🇳 UK–India trade talks
• 🪨 Critical minerals strategy
• 🗣️ Public attitudes to trade
• 🌐 Other trade justice news
👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=596e56fafb
We stand with CAN-UK and over 45 orgs calling on the UK to champion an ambitious just transition at #COP30.
We support the call for a Belém Action Mechanism (#BAM), to embed fairness and better lives for everyone into climate action, at home and globally.
📄 Read the full letter: t.co/oeBSVqEste
We support the call for a Belém Action Mechanism (#BAM), to embed fairness and better lives for everyone into climate action, at home and globally.
📄 Read the full letter: t.co/oeBSVqEste
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We stand with CAN-UK and over 45 orgs calling on the UK to champion an ambitious just transition at #COP30.
We support the call for a Belém Action Mechanism (#BAM), to embed fairness and better lives for everyone into climate action, at home and globally.
📄 Read the full letter: t.co/oeBSVqEste
We support the call for a Belém Action Mechanism (#BAM), to embed fairness and better lives for everyone into climate action, at home and globally.
📄 Read the full letter: t.co/oeBSVqEste
📩 Our October newsletter is out!
Trade turbulence continues: new ministers, old problems.
We unpack what the UK’s new trade leadership means, and how the country’s first #ISDS case shows corporate courts can obstruct climate action and democracy.
👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/2798be4a446e...
Trade turbulence continues: new ministers, old problems.
We unpack what the UK’s new trade leadership means, and how the country’s first #ISDS case shows corporate courts can obstruct climate action and democracy.
👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/2798be4a446e...
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📩 Our October newsletter is out!
Trade turbulence continues: new ministers, old problems.
We unpack what the UK’s new trade leadership means, and how the country’s first #ISDS case shows corporate courts can obstruct climate action and democracy.
👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/2798be4a446e...
Trade turbulence continues: new ministers, old problems.
We unpack what the UK’s new trade leadership means, and how the country’s first #ISDS case shows corporate courts can obstruct climate action and democracy.
👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/2798be4a446e...
The risk of a UK-US trade deal & digital rules is that they hand corporations (and not the public) the power to shape online safety. Read more in Chapter 3 of our "Looming Threat" report.
📕https://tjm.org.uk/resource/looming-threat-the-risks-to-the-uk-of-a-comprehensive-trade-deal-with-trump/
📕https://tjm.org.uk/resource/looming-threat-the-risks-to-the-uk-of-a-comprehensive-trade-deal-with-trump/
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The risk of a UK-US trade deal & digital rules is that they hand corporations (and not the public) the power to shape online safety. Read more in Chapter 3 of our "Looming Threat" report.
📕https://tjm.org.uk/resource/looming-threat-the-risks-to-the-uk-of-a-comprehensive-trade-deal-with-trump/
📕https://tjm.org.uk/resource/looming-threat-the-risks-to-the-uk-of-a-comprehensive-trade-deal-with-trump/
In 2022, Labour said it was “wrong, immoral and damaging” to drop human rights from Gulf trade talks.
Now in power, will they honour that promise?
Now in power, will they honour that promise?
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In 2022, Labour said it was “wrong, immoral and damaging” to drop human rights from Gulf trade talks.
Now in power, will they honour that promise?
Now in power, will they honour that promise?
🚨 The UK is on the verge of signing a trade deal with Gulf states that puts human rights at risk.
Together with 13 other organisations, we’ve sent a joint letter urging the UK government to act. 🧵⬇️
Together with 13 other organisations, we’ve sent a joint letter urging the UK government to act. 🧵⬇️
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨 The UK is on the verge of signing a trade deal with Gulf states that puts human rights at risk.
Together with 13 other organisations, we’ve sent a joint letter urging the UK government to act. 🧵⬇️
Together with 13 other organisations, we’ve sent a joint letter urging the UK government to act. 🧵⬇️
We've joined 22 other NGOs to reiterate UN calls for legal consequences for companies involved in human rights violations against the Palestinian people.
Read more and see the full statement:
corporatejusticecoalition.org/news/press/c...
Read more and see the full statement:
corporatejusticecoalition.org/news/press/c...
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We've joined 22 other NGOs to reiterate UN calls for legal consequences for companies involved in human rights violations against the Palestinian people.
Read more and see the full statement:
corporatejusticecoalition.org/news/press/c...
Read more and see the full statement:
corporatejusticecoalition.org/news/press/c...
Our August newsletter is out now!
• Labour’s first year: why its Trade Strategy still looks worryingly familiar
• US tariff threats to the Global South
• How the energy transition risks becoming a dirty deal
• Plus lots more updates
📩 Read it here: tinyurl.com/yrybbvre
• Labour’s first year: why its Trade Strategy still looks worryingly familiar
• US tariff threats to the Global South
• How the energy transition risks becoming a dirty deal
• Plus lots more updates
📩 Read it here: tinyurl.com/yrybbvre
August 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Our August newsletter is out now!
• Labour’s first year: why its Trade Strategy still looks worryingly familiar
• US tariff threats to the Global South
• How the energy transition risks becoming a dirty deal
• Plus lots more updates
📩 Read it here: tinyurl.com/yrybbvre
• Labour’s first year: why its Trade Strategy still looks worryingly familiar
• US tariff threats to the Global South
• How the energy transition risks becoming a dirty deal
• Plus lots more updates
📩 Read it here: tinyurl.com/yrybbvre
Read the joint letter sent to the UK government, calling for:
📢 Opposition to US tariff threats
🌍 Defence of trade rules that protect Global South countries
⚖️ Stronger UK policies on business, human rights and the environment
tjm.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📢 Opposition to US tariff threats
🌍 Defence of trade rules that protect Global South countries
⚖️ Stronger UK policies on business, human rights and the environment
tjm.org.uk/wp-content/u...
July 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Read the joint letter sent to the UK government, calling for:
📢 Opposition to US tariff threats
🌍 Defence of trade rules that protect Global South countries
⚖️ Stronger UK policies on business, human rights and the environment
tjm.org.uk/wp-content/u...
📢 Opposition to US tariff threats
🌍 Defence of trade rules that protect Global South countries
⚖️ Stronger UK policies on business, human rights and the environment
tjm.org.uk/wp-content/u...
"So have the Govt done a really regrettable U-turn on human rights and trade agreements, or has the scenario in the Gulf improved so much that the Labour Govt do not think it is warranted?"
The Govt yesterday failed to confirm that a GCC trade deal would contain binding human rights provisions.
The Govt yesterday failed to confirm that a GCC trade deal would contain binding human rights provisions.
June 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"So have the Govt done a really regrettable U-turn on human rights and trade agreements, or has the scenario in the Gulf improved so much that the Labour Govt do not think it is warranted?"
The Govt yesterday failed to confirm that a GCC trade deal would contain binding human rights provisions.
The Govt yesterday failed to confirm that a GCC trade deal would contain binding human rights provisions.
🚨 Our latest newsletter breaks down the UK’s recent flurry of trade announcements and the serious lack of scrutiny behind them.
Plus: trade with India, Israel and the US, digital and ISDS threats, critical minerals, and more.
📩 Read mailchi.mp/e05467b508d5...
Plus: trade with India, Israel and the US, digital and ISDS threats, critical minerals, and more.
📩 Read mailchi.mp/e05467b508d5...
June 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🚨 Our latest newsletter breaks down the UK’s recent flurry of trade announcements and the serious lack of scrutiny behind them.
Plus: trade with India, Israel and the US, digital and ISDS threats, critical minerals, and more.
📩 Read mailchi.mp/e05467b508d5...
Plus: trade with India, Israel and the US, digital and ISDS threats, critical minerals, and more.
📩 Read mailchi.mp/e05467b508d5...
🚨 New report: Looming Threat warns of serious risks from a full UK-US trade deal under Trump - from NHS data & medicines to tech regulation, online safety & food standards.
📢 The real danger lies in what comes next.
Read more 👉https://tinyurl.com/mtcsyk7b
📢 The real danger lies in what comes next.
Read more 👉https://tinyurl.com/mtcsyk7b
May 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨 New report: Looming Threat warns of serious risks from a full UK-US trade deal under Trump - from NHS data & medicines to tech regulation, online safety & food standards.
📢 The real danger lies in what comes next.
Read more 👉https://tinyurl.com/mtcsyk7b
📢 The real danger lies in what comes next.
Read more 👉https://tinyurl.com/mtcsyk7b
Read our briefing outlining 4 key risks the UK must address:
👉https://tinyurl.com/atmr2mab77
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👉https://tinyurl.com/atmr2mab77
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May 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Read our briefing outlining 4 key risks the UK must address:
👉https://tinyurl.com/atmr2mab77
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👉https://tinyurl.com/atmr2mab77
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We need trade sanctions against Israel, not a trade deal.
Our briefing explains why:
🔗 tjm.org.uk/resource/bri...
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Our briefing explains why:
🔗 tjm.org.uk/resource/bri...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We need trade sanctions against Israel, not a trade deal.
Our briefing explains why:
🔗 tjm.org.uk/resource/bri...
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Our briefing explains why:
🔗 tjm.org.uk/resource/bri...
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🚨Trump is set to announce a US–UK trade deal today with no vote in Parliament. Sixteen civil society orgs have written to the PM condemning the lack of democracy and transparency.
➡️https://tjm.org.uk/uk-caves-into-trump-on-trade-deal-as-mps-sidelined-warn-civil-society/
➡️https://tjm.org.uk/uk-caves-into-trump-on-trade-deal-as-mps-sidelined-warn-civil-society/
May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨Trump is set to announce a US–UK trade deal today with no vote in Parliament. Sixteen civil society orgs have written to the PM condemning the lack of democracy and transparency.
➡️https://tjm.org.uk/uk-caves-into-trump-on-trade-deal-as-mps-sidelined-warn-civil-society/
➡️https://tjm.org.uk/uk-caves-into-trump-on-trade-deal-as-mps-sidelined-warn-civil-society/
"Without proper scrutiny...we risk adding pressure to our already struggling farmers, stripping away safeguards on British citizens' data, and sidelining democratic scrutiny itself."
@richardfoordld.bsky.social introducing his Bill to guarantee a vote on any proposed US trade deal.
@richardfoordld.bsky.social introducing his Bill to guarantee a vote on any proposed US trade deal.
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Without proper scrutiny...we risk adding pressure to our already struggling farmers, stripping away safeguards on British citizens' data, and sidelining democratic scrutiny itself."
@richardfoordld.bsky.social introducing his Bill to guarantee a vote on any proposed US trade deal.
@richardfoordld.bsky.social introducing his Bill to guarantee a vote on any proposed US trade deal.
The March TJM Newsletter is out!
🇺🇸 Trump, tariffs, and trade deals: what’s at stake for the UK?
🤝 UK-India trade talks: same strategy, same concerns
🏛️ Parliamentary evidence session: calling for trade policy reform
🌐 TJM’s new website is live!
📢 More trade updates
👉 mailchi.mp/c0ebdc5a82ce...
🇺🇸 Trump, tariffs, and trade deals: what’s at stake for the UK?
🤝 UK-India trade talks: same strategy, same concerns
🏛️ Parliamentary evidence session: calling for trade policy reform
🌐 TJM’s new website is live!
📢 More trade updates
👉 mailchi.mp/c0ebdc5a82ce...
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The March TJM Newsletter is out!
🇺🇸 Trump, tariffs, and trade deals: what’s at stake for the UK?
🤝 UK-India trade talks: same strategy, same concerns
🏛️ Parliamentary evidence session: calling for trade policy reform
🌐 TJM’s new website is live!
📢 More trade updates
👉 mailchi.mp/c0ebdc5a82ce...
🇺🇸 Trump, tariffs, and trade deals: what’s at stake for the UK?
🤝 UK-India trade talks: same strategy, same concerns
🏛️ Parliamentary evidence session: calling for trade policy reform
🌐 TJM’s new website is live!
📢 More trade updates
👉 mailchi.mp/c0ebdc5a82ce...
"The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to development has said that ISDSs are crippling for many countries in terms of the impact on development. They have been described as a form of modern-day colonialism."
- Baroness Bennett
- Baroness Bennett
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to development has said that ISDSs are crippling for many countries in terms of the impact on development. They have been described as a form of modern-day colonialism."
- Baroness Bennett
- Baroness Bennett
"Does the Minister recognise that a fatal flaw of the ISDS secret court system is that it privileges big corporations over access and rights for citizens and workers?"
- Baroness O'Grady
- Baroness O'Grady
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Does the Minister recognise that a fatal flaw of the ISDS secret court system is that it privileges big corporations over access and rights for citizens and workers?"
- Baroness O'Grady
- Baroness O'Grady
"The Australian mega mining group BHP has found a workaround via a UK-registered spin-off company to sue Colombia over alleged unpaid royalties from a mine that the Constitutional Court ruled causes long-term health and environmental issues."
- Baroness Boycott
- Baroness Boycott
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"The Australian mega mining group BHP has found a workaround via a UK-registered spin-off company to sue Colombia over alleged unpaid royalties from a mine that the Constitutional Court ruled causes long-term health and environmental issues."
- Baroness Boycott
- Baroness Boycott
"The arguments against the ISDS do not come just from the ecological lobby; there is a democratic argument against them, and there is an argument that they give some foreign companies an unfair advantage over domestic ones."
- Lord Hannan
- Lord Hannan
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"The arguments against the ISDS do not come just from the ecological lobby; there is a democratic argument against them, and there is an argument that they give some foreign companies an unfair advantage over domestic ones."
- Lord Hannan
- Lord Hannan
"As of last year, ISDS claims pending against Colombia exceeded $13 billion. As the penholder for the Colombian peace process at the Security Council, what is the impact of this on Colombia’s ability to resource the implementation of the peace accord?"
- Baroness Coussins
- Baroness Coussins
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"As of last year, ISDS claims pending against Colombia exceeded $13 billion. As the penholder for the Colombian peace process at the Security Council, what is the impact of this on Colombia’s ability to resource the implementation of the peace accord?"
- Baroness Coussins
- Baroness Coussins
"Can the Minister tell your Lordships’ House whether she recognises the improper regulatory chill that these [ISDS] agreements can create for democratically elected Governments?"
- Lord Fox
- Lord Fox
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Can the Minister tell your Lordships’ House whether she recognises the improper regulatory chill that these [ISDS] agreements can create for democratically elected Governments?"
- Lord Fox
- Lord Fox
Yesterday, the House of Lords debated Colombia's call to urgently renegotiate its ISDS relationship with the UK.
"ISDS provisions are undermining [Colombia's] sovereign democratic right to legislate to protect its indigenous community and environmental rights."
- Lord Browne
"ISDS provisions are undermining [Colombia's] sovereign democratic right to legislate to protect its indigenous community and environmental rights."
- Lord Browne
January 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yesterday, the House of Lords debated Colombia's call to urgently renegotiate its ISDS relationship with the UK.
"ISDS provisions are undermining [Colombia's] sovereign democratic right to legislate to protect its indigenous community and environmental rights."
- Lord Browne
"ISDS provisions are undermining [Colombia's] sovereign democratic right to legislate to protect its indigenous community and environmental rights."
- Lord Browne