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This week, the Dutch Senate approved CETA, the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada, with a very small majority (40 for; 35 against). This means that the Dutch parliament has ratified the trade…
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The Energy Charter Treaty
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In this letter, SOMO – together with a group of NGOs – urge the European Commission to drop provisions that protect intellectual property in the economic agreement (CEPA) between Indonesia-EU. They fear that the so…
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In the final days of 2020, the European Union and China reached a political agreement on the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Friends and foes alike were taken by surprise by the sudden rush to…
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Two election debates
SOMO is co-organising two debates (in Dutch) in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 17 March. Het Grote Buitenlanddebat – 24 February During the “Grote Buitenlanddebat”, candidate MPs will debate the role of the…