25 June 2018 Consultation on ACP-EU Partnership Agreement European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development   Post-Cotonou Task Force   Trade Union Movement Contribution

The working people of the United States and Europe have been harmed by unfair trade practices, including China’s deliberate overproduction of steel and aluminum, intellectual property theft, forced transfer of production, and violation of basic labor rights.

Brussels, 5 March 2018 ETUC assessment on Commission’s non paper on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements

Non-paper on introducing an Independent Labour Secretariat to CETA Based on a joint AFL-CIO and ETUC proposal in the context of the negotiations on the sustainable development chapter in the TTIP, the core issues and proposals for improved institutional and enforcement mechanisms were transferred to the CETA agreement and its textual structure with view to a possible review of these chapters.     CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE 22.4 Institutional mechanisms  

Brussels, 17 January 2018. International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee For Information for ETUC Member Organisations    Dear colleagues,  We are happy to invite you to the next meeting of the International Matters, Trade and International Development Committee.

Brussels, 11 October 2017   ETUC submission on the Non-paper of the Commission services on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)  

Brussels, 11 October 2017. Update: Following an internal IT error.   Dear Member of the European Parliament, Following an internal IT error, the ETUC's Position can now be found on our public page here and in the PDF below. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.   Your sincerely,   Daniele Basso ETUC Advisor

Brussels, 03 October 2017   Fifth Annual FEPS-­‐IPD Conference -  Regroup and reform: Ideas for a more progressive trade policy  

Reflection paper on Harnessing Globalisation – ETUC Assessment Adopted at the Executive Meeting of 13-14 June 2017

ETUC Resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy Adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 13-14 June 2017  

Civil Society Trade Lab: What should the future EU trade policy look like? What can trade accomplish and what are its limits? Join interactive workshops to test new ideas and discuss the future of EU trade policy with civil society, policy makers and experts in 4 topical “laboratories”: the “Social & Labour Lab”, the “Digital Trade Lab”, the “Farm, Food & Trade Lab” and the “Trade, Environment & Climate Lab”. Outcomes of these workshops will be debated by a panel and the audience during a plenary session.

Today, Tuesday, 21st March, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body will hear China's request for a panel to rule on the EU's anti-dumping measures against imports from China. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) supports the call by AEGIS, representing many EU industry sectors, for the EU to firmly oppose that claim.  "Dumping kills jobs, investments and competition. The EU instruments against illegal dumping must not be weakened just because China is taking its case to the WTO", says Liina Carr, ETUC Confederal Secretary.

Brussels 20 December 2016   Dear colleagues, The ITUC, ETUC and ActionAid are co-organising this half-day event on January 24th. Please save the date. An e-mail with information on how to register will be sent in the following weeks.   Save the date 24 January 2017, 9:00-12:45 Save the date: 24 January 2017, 9:00-12:45 Can the EU better support job creation in developing countries?

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), together with sectoral trade union industriAll Europe, urge Trade Ministers meeting on 11 November to adopt robust anti-dumping measures to protect European jobs and industry from unfair, subsidised competition. The ETUC warn trade ministers of the urgency to effectively tackle unfair trade practices from countries like China, to save jobs in Europe. “Unfair competition is destroying EU manufacturing jobs” said ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentini. “Europe must have the proper tools to defend its industry.”

ETUC and CLC statement on CETA MORE DEMOCRACY FOR A FAIR AND PROGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA The failure of the signature of CETA and the consequent postponement of the EU-Canada Summit show that our concerns were right and shared by local and national politicians, and that the deal cannot be ratified unless the flaws in CETA are fully addressed.

The ETUC urged EU Heads of Governments to break out of their cycle of failure after yet another Summit in which practically nothing was agreed, and what was agreed should not have been according to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).     

Dear Readers, We have just published the September 2016 edition of the ETUC Newsletter. To read the document, please click here. Enjoy!

The European Union and China have a multidimensional economic relationship—we trade over 1 billion euro per day, we are negotiating an investment agreement, and we look forward to China’s accession to the Government Procurement Agreement of the WTO-World Trade Organisation. It is in the interest of European business and trade unions that the EU strives for a balanced economic relationship with China. However, the question of how to treat China in anti-dumping investigations will feature prominently in our relationship this year.

Commenting on the decision of the European Commission to approve the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) and to submit it to national Parliaments for approval, ETUC Confederal Secretary Liina Carr said “Putting the EU Canada trade deal to national Parliaments is the right decision given the controversy surrounding it.

 The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is urging the European Commission to  ·         Make the EU-Canada trade agreement (CETA) subject to member state Parliaments; ·         Press ahead with the revision of the Posted Workers Directive.

Brussels, 14 June 2016 update : the French version is available   ETUC Position on Commission’s proposal for  an Investment Court System in TTIP and CETA Adopted at the Meeting of 9 June 2016

Ahead of the negotiations to establish an Inter-Regional Association between the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and the European Union (EU), we want to hereby make this Joint Trade Union Statement:

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) strongly reject the granting of Market Economy (MES) to China.