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Towards trade justice: Changing trade for a just and sustainable planet
Part two of War on Want's three-part global economy series, exploring how debt, trade and tax contribute to continuing poverty and injustice around the world.
The cost-of-living crisis: How corporate greed turned an ecological crisis into profits for the few
Globally, people are facing multiple and deepening crises. The rising cost of living, poverty, inequality, hunger and a lack of access to Covid-19 vaccines, are combining, amplifying, and come on the back of a climate crisis that is impacting the poorest the most.
The Energy Charter Treaty - a climate threat
Parliamentary briefing on the ongoing threat of the the Energy Charter Treaty to climate justice.
UK-Israel trade deal consultation response
War on Want response to UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement government consultation (signed by 5,475 War on Want supporters)
The ‘Secrets and Fries’ report focuses on a circular, paper transaction by McDonald's that creates a UK tax shelter. This circular transaction could deprive the UK of at least $400 million (£295 million) in public funds over ten years.
Trade and the Labour movement in the post-pandemic environment
In May 2021 War on Want joined a group of academics, trade unionists and activists from across the globe and convened by labour rights researchers from the universities of Nottingham and Oxford Brookes to explore how the labour movement has approached the challenges presented by ‘free trade’, and how the movement might address current and future challenges in the post-Trump, post-pandemic era.