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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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/
... @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social @hrw.org MENA Rights Group, Reprieve, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, SANAD Human Rights Organisation, @tradejusticemov.bsky.social
Read the joint letter here: tinyurl.com/4ps5vsxj
Read the joint letter here: tinyurl.com/4ps5vsxj
Joint statement: Human rights concerns regarding the UK’s FTA with the Gulf Cooperation Council - Trade Justice Movement
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer CC: Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds Dear Prime Minister Starmer, We are writing on behalf of a coalition of rights groups and trade unions to...
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September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
... @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social @hrw.org MENA Rights Group, Reprieve, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, SANAD Human Rights Organisation, @tradejusticemov.bsky.social
Read the joint letter here: tinyurl.com/4ps5vsxj
Read the joint letter here: tinyurl.com/4ps5vsxj
Signed by: @alqst.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Business and Human Rights Resource Cent, Emirates Detainees Advocacy Centre @equidem.bsky.social European Saudi Organization for Human Rights,...
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Signed by: @alqst.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Business and Human Rights Resource Cent, Emirates Detainees Advocacy Centre @equidem.bsky.social European Saudi Organization for Human Rights,...
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?
Tom's key quote: “Unless we have government action to move against the ISDS system, climate policies will be completely unaffordable because governments will be forced to factor in huge amounts of compensation paid into fossil fuel companies”
Read more about ISDS here: tjm.org.uk/our-work/cor...
Read more about ISDS here: tjm.org.uk/our-work/cor...
Corporate courts (ISDS) - Trade Justice Movement
Corporate courts, formally known as the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), allow corporations to sue governments in secret tribunals when public policies allegedly harm their profits. These cas...
tjm.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Tom's key quote: “Unless we have government action to move against the ISDS system, climate policies will be completely unaffordable because governments will be forced to factor in huge amounts of compensation paid into fossil fuel companies”
Read more about ISDS here: tjm.org.uk/our-work/cor...
Read more about ISDS here: tjm.org.uk/our-work/cor...
...and we need to make sure we don't sign up to new agreements containing ISDS (for example in the ongoing UK-India talks, where it is reportedly on the table - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...)
UK-India investment treaty lets companies sue government, sources say
An investment treaty between Britain and India will contain a provision that allows companies to sue either government if they believe policy changes unfairly harm their investment or profits, two sources familiar with discussions told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
...and we need to make sure we don't sign up to new agreements containing ISDS (for example in the ongoing UK-India talks, where it is reportedly on the table - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...)
The government's recent trade strategy offered continued support for the ISDS system. This was hugely disappointing, and now looks completely untenable. The time is ripe for a clear rejection of the ISDS system.
We need to get it out of the UK's investment agreements with 80 other countries...
We need to get it out of the UK's investment agreements with 80 other countries...
August 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The government's recent trade strategy offered continued support for the ISDS system. This was hugely disappointing, and now looks completely untenable. The time is ripe for a clear rejection of the ISDS system.
We need to get it out of the UK's investment agreements with 80 other countries...
We need to get it out of the UK's investment agreements with 80 other countries...