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New law is needed to link economy and human rights

Even with growing numbers of human rights abuses as evidenced by the cases of China and Myanmar, Switzerland lacks any legal basis for the rapid introduction of targeted economic measures.

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Tanzania plans to work the largest nickel deposit

The Tanzanian Government has signed an agreement on nickel mining with a British corporation under which profits will be split equally. State interventions can also be observed in neighbouring Zambia.

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Mercosur: fragmented impact assessments

After the conclusion of negotiations on the free trade agreement with Mercosur countries, the State Secretariat for the Economy commissioned an impact assessment regarding selected environmental issues. Social affairs and human rights were left out.

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The World Bank's flagship ranking in doubt

The data in the World Bank's Doing Business ranking table are thought to have been manipulated to favour China, among others. Criticised for its bias towards economic liberalisation, the table is losing even more credibility.

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Making (even more) money from the corona crisis

In Latin America, multinational enterprises are suing States over measures they have taken to combat the covid 19 pandemic. Investment protection treaties that allow this should be abolished!

No more EFTA power play against the South!

250 organisations from 60 countries are calling on Switzerland, Norway and Liechtenstein in an open letter to stop imposing strict plant variety protection laws on the countries of the global South.

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Rolling back globalisation – slowly but surely

The call can no longer be ignored, production offshored to low-wage countries must be brought back. The more pressing a paradigm shift, the more careful the approach must be. Otherwise developing countries could yet again pay the price.

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Back to «normal»?

The corona pandemic is not just an epoch-making health and humanitarian challenge, but in many developing countries will also translate into a protracted economic, political and social crisis. International solidarity is needed now more than ever.

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Tomatoes with a bitter aftertaste

Cofco Tunhe, the world's second-largest producer of canned tomatoes, operates in Xinjiang, where China oppresses millions of Uyghurs. The Cofco Group has set up its global trading headquarters in Geneva. Switzerland must act.