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Multi-millionaire garment brand owners once again fail their workers
War on Want and Labour Behind the Label joint statement on Arcadia
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UK agrochemicals kill peasants across the Global South
UK is the one of the largest exporters of agrochemicals banned in the UK and EU
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Garment workers on the frontline of the pandemic: outbreak in Sri Lanka
Over 1,000 Covid-19 cases at a Brandix factory in Sri Lanka
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UK charities ask: Is the UK government abandoning the Palestinian people?
We are gravely concerned by the Israeli Government’s threat to annex more Palestinian land
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Big Tech using trade to extract the world’s ‘most valuable resource’
Tech giants want a US-UK trade deal that restricts the ability of government to regulate them
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Indian workers protest draconian government measures which undermine their rights
Thousands face destitution and hunger as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Trade and Covid-19: privatisation, big pharma and ISDS
The pandemic has made clear that trade and its role in shaping our economies needs a serious rethink
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Letter to PM and SoS for International Trade on US talks and Covid-19 epidemic
We have multiple concerns about a trade agreement with the US