Action Card - October 2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
has said that the UK's international trade policy must move to address
world poverty. One of the first challenges for his new Government is to
address concerns with Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
Together with other
European countries, the UK has been part of a push to have the African,
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries sign up to grossly unfair trade
deals by the end of the year.
The Trade Justice Movement
and other NGO’s are calling on the UK Government to use its full
influence to stop these unfair deals going ahead, to listen to the
serious concerns of poor countries and work with those countries to
develop new deals that will help deliver trade justice.
TAKE ACTION
Write to the new UK Secretary of State for International Development,
Douglas Alexander, to ensure that the UK Government takes urgent steps
to stop Europe pushing unfair trade deals on 76 ACP countries.
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for International Development
Department for International Development
1 Palace Street
London SW1E 5HE
Email Portuguese Prime
Minister Jose Sócrates via the Trade Justice Movement website:
www.tjm.org.uk
Portugal now holds the EU Presidency until the end of 2007. Send a
message to Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Sócrates. Tell him to use his
influence and stop the EU pressuring poor countries to sign unfair trade
deals.
Visit
www.tjm.org.uk for more
information on EPAs.
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