{"id":806,"date":"2017-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/806\/eu-japan-trade-deal-smacks-of-corporate-protectionism\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:34:02","slug":"eu-japan-trade-deal-smacks-of-corporate-protectionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/democracy-europe\/806\/eu-japan-trade-deal-smacks-of-corporate-protectionism\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Japan trade deal smacks of corporate protectionism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBrussels – According to media reports, the European Commission and Japan have reached an agreement which closes negotiations on most parts of the EU\u2019s biggest bilateral trade deal to date. The deal is the latest example of an EU trade policy that only pays lip service to transparency, and social and environmental protection, warned Greenpeace.
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<\/span>Greenpeace trade campaigner Kees Kodde said:<\/strong>\u00a0“This trade deal, and others like it, smack of corporate protectionism at the expense of democracy and the environment. But uncontrolled trade and isolationism are not the only alternatives – both put the economic interests of the few over social and environmental protection for the many.<\/em>\u00a0Only enhanced international<\/em>\u00a0cooperation that centres on people and the planet can help solve the pressing problems of our time, like climate change, inequality and conflict.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Greenpeace Netherlands\u00a0leaked<\/a>\u00a0over 200 pages of the EU-Japan trade deal in June, highlighting several concerns on transparency and environmental protection.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace has laid out\u00a0ten principles<\/a>\u00a0for a fair trade policy that upholds social and environmental standards.<\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kees Kodde <\/strong>\u2013 Greenpeace trade policy campaigner:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>+31 (0)6 53623818,\u00a0kees.kodde@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Milo Laureij <\/strong>\u2013 Greenpeace communications:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>+31 (0)6 29001159,\u00a0milo.laureij@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n

For breaking news and comment on EU affairs:\u00a0<\/strong>www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/a><\/p>\n

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties.<\/p>\n

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