by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 15, 2021 | Trade for health | Latest Developments
Calls grow to stop the agreement amid growing concerns in Europe and South America.On 15 March, a coalition of more than 450 civil society organisations (CSOs) from both sides of the Atlantic held a press conference showing from various perspectives why the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 10, 2021 | Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Tobacco, Trade for health | Latest Developments
Brussels 10 March 2021 A new report, launched today reveals the continued and extensive contacts between the tobacco industry, its allies and pro-vaping groups and industry associations, and eight separate Directorates-General (DGs) of the European Commission (EC);...
by George Thurley | Jan 6, 2021 | Trade for health | Latest Developments
EPHA recently participated in a consultation process conducted by DG Trade, focusing on how the Commission department can improve how it reaches and listens to CSOs in Brussels and across the EU Member States. In answering the questions posed, a number of points...
by George Thurley | Dec 17, 2020 | Brexit, Trade for health | Latest Developments
The European Union and the United Kingdom have still not agreed a trade deal to come into force at the end of the Brexit transition period, on 1st January 2021. As such, the possibility of a no deal cliff edge scenario looms ever greater, forcing Boris Johnson and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 26, 2020 | Trade for health | Latest Developments
Mr Valdis DombrovskisExecutive Vice President Commissioner for Trade European CommissionBrussels 22 October 2020Subject: The urgent need to renew the free trade agreement expert group.Dear Executive Vice President Dombrovskis,In our capacity as former members of the...
by George Thurley | Sep 30, 2020 | Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Trade for health | Latest Developments
It has been more than fifteen months since agreement in principle was reached on the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement, and yet ratification hasn’t even begun. So what’s going on? Officially the Association Agreement is being ‘scrubbed’ and translated...
