Audrey Changoe
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Audrey Changoe
@audreychangoe.bsky.social
Trade and Investment Policy Coordinator @CANEurope. Formerly Friends of the Earth Europe and Heinrich Böll Foundation.
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❌ Barrier to a climate just future
🔒 Colonial-era system cloaked in secrecy
💰 Lucrative business, astronomical awards
⛔ Regulatory chill
👔 Exclusive privileges to multinational corporations

All this – and much more – is a monster called ISDS 👺

Read our new report, ISDS vs. The Climate 👇️
ISDS vs. The Climate: How a Colonial-Era Investment Mechanism Jeopardises a Just Transition
Read the new report setting out what is wrong with ISDS, exploring the colonial origins of this regime and proposes what countries can do to move away from ISDS.
caneurope.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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FANTASTIC NEWS

The European Parliament has voted to send the #EUMercosur trade deal to the European Court of Justice for a legal review

This dodgy deal must be stopped – it would be highly undemocratic for the EU Commission and national governments to push for ratification

#StopEUMercosur
EU Parliament sends controversial EU-Mercosur deal to the European Court of Justice - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels – The European Parliament has voted to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice, requesting the Court’s opinion on whether the deal is compatible with…
www.greenpeace.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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🚨EU signed EU-Mercosur deal🚨

Controversies around the deal are a long list:
🔥Trade of emissions-heavy products escalate climate crisis
⚖️Legal concerns
🚜Unfair competition for farmers
🪓Intensifying deforestation and land grabbing
➕ Much more

The deal moves next to EU Parliament for ratification.
EU signs controversial EU-Mercosur deal, putting geopolitics over legal concerns, escalating climate crisis, farmers and wide opposition - CAN Europe
“Geopolitics are being used as a pretext to push EU-Mercosur deal through, but it’s neocolonialism in disguise", says Audrey Changoe, Trade and Investment Policy Coordinator at CAN Europe.
caneurope.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
According top economist Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., former IMF director, the #EUMercosur is anti-industrial for Brazil and even neo-colonial”.
www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/01/14/e...
EU–Mercosur deal is ‘neocolonial’ and harmful to Mercosur, says former IMF director - Brasil de Fato
Promoted and celebrated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union may not be beneficial for Brazil, according to economist Paulo Nogueira Bati...
www.brasildefato.com.br
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Sign this petition to demand the #EUCommission an immediate full suspension of the #EUIsrael trade deal.

eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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It is not a game over. We need YOU to keep the pressure up!

Council of the EU adopted EU-Mercosur deal with a minimal margin. There is still strong opposition.

Next, European Parliament has a crucial role. We can still #StopEUMercosur!

TAKE ACTION NOW ➡️ caneurope.org/stop-eu-merc...
January 13, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The EU-Mercosur deal is a "neocolonial, outdated agreement", say over 100 organisations of civil society from Brazil 🇧🇷 in a new statement 👉 mailchi.mp/bd7e6d39cbd1... #StopEUMercosur
FRENTE BRASILEIRA SE PRONUNCIA CONTRA A ASSINATURA DO ACORDO MERCOSUL-UNIÃO EUROPEIA
mailchi.mp
January 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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"Nous sommes opposés à l’accord Mercosur-UE"

déclarent 140 organisations de la société civile brésilienne (CUT MST...), en contradiction avec ceux qui prétendent que seules les ONG FR / UE sont contre.
A lire sur notre site ➡️ www.collectifstoptafta.org/accord-ue-me...

#StopUEMercosur
December 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Political analyst William Robinson on a matter seldom mentioned in Western coverage of mass murder in #Sudan, namely the involvement of #Israel. www.newarab.com/analysis/blo...
Blood and business: The Israel-UAE nexus fuelling Sudan’s war
As the Rapid Support Forces commit atrocities in Sudan’s war, their firepower traces back to UAE logistics and Israeli technology, with devastating results
www.newarab.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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#EUMercosur: rumours are there may be a hasty attempt at a trilogue tomorrow if MEPs amend the safeguards for farmers today

Trying to wrap up 25 years of sensitive talks in a single day in one of the busiest weeks of the year = desperation

Meanwhile, Italy too now wants a delay

Read the room VDL!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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#EUMercosur: "The procedure led by the European Commission has been chaotic, untransparent and, more importantly, raises significant legal issues."

How so? Read @audreychangoe.bsky.social & EU law expert Professor Nicolas De Sadeleer's great roundup to find out 👇
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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145 MEPs tabled a motion to refer the EU-Mercosur deal to the Court of Justice of the EU

The EPP wants to block that motion at a key meeting TONIGHT

Why? If the deal is legal, let the courts say so

What’s the EPP afraid of?

Is it because they think the court will find an issue?

#StopEUMercosur
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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It's clear that EU-Mercosur deal is climate-wrecking.

But legally speaking, it also has many odd elements, including:
🔪Splitting vs Commission's negotiations mandate
🥶Risk of freezing environmental legislations
🌎Alignment with Paris Agreement

It is not a done deal. Take action to #StopEUMercosur 👇
Take action: Stop the climate-wrecking EU-Mercosur Trade Deal
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement will benefit a handful of big corporations while driving deforestation, the climate crisis and exposing small-scale farmers to unfair competition. We can still STOP it!
caneurope.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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For every #ElectricVehicle that contains about 3kg of cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tesla earns approximately $3,150 in profit. While the DRC government receives less than $10 in royalties and the average miner earns just $7!

📢 Read our new report to learn more:​ oxf.am/3W68E2o
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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🌍✊ The Africa People’s Declaration 2025 is out!

From the Africa People’s Assembly at the 2nd Africa Climate Summit, it amplifies the voices of African communities, youth, women, Indigenous Peoples & movements.

A united call for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30

🔗 can-africa.org/statements/
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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LIVE from #RespectTheAmazon at @europarl.europa.eu

The Amazon, home to 10% of Earth’s species & a vital carbon sink, is being destroyed by big agri & a complicit EU.

Indigenous leaders are in Brussels demanding action. We stand with them: defend a strong anti-deforestation law & #StopEUMercosur
September 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Last week, we got more details about the US-EU trade deal... and it does not look good.

CSDDD, CSDR, CBAM, EUDR, gas, nuclear, cars, meat &more - all in there, not in a positive way.

This is just another example of the EU’s willingness to give up on the climate and energy transition commitments.
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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⚠️The new EU-US trade deal risks locking EU into long-term dependence on fracked US gas, undermining the Green Deal’s climate goals and the EU Methane Regulation.
👉 Our policy experts Esther Bollendorff and @audreychangoe.bsky.social share their concerns with @obsclima.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/QZBUy
Acordo comercial UE-EUA é “pacto fóssil disfarçado”, critica especialista - OC | Observatório do Clima
UE vai comprar US$ 750 bilhões em petróleo e gás por três anos e sujar sua matriz energética
www.oc.eco.br
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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@consilium.europa.eu can't even muster a qualified majority to impose a (very) partial suspension of participation by Israeli companies in research in the production of dual use weapons that can murder Palestinians 🤮 www.politico.eu/article/isra...
Israel won’t face EU penalties over Gaza suffering — yet
A Brussels plan to suspend Israel’s participation in the Horizon research program needs to win more backing from countries.
www.politico.eu
July 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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#StopEUMercosur
⌛️Time is pressing to reject the ratification of the toxic EU-Mercosur trade deal

📩 Email your trade minister & members of the European Parliament to ask them to vote NO to the deal ⤵️
👉 StopEUMercosur.org/take-action
EN/ES/FR/DE/IT/PT/RO/PL/…

StopEUMercosur.org
@eurovia.org
June 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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The European Commission went full on radio silence on the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

That's probably because there is a lack of consensus over the deal.

Maybe they also realised how bad it is.

Take action to #StopEUMercosur!
➡️ caneurope.org/take-action-...
July 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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The European Commission has taken a pivtol step today with its proposal for a 90% emissions reduction target by 2040 - but this comes as a costly compromise.

Check out our full reaction below👇
caneurope.org/eu-2040-clim...
REACTION: EU’s 2040 Climate Target: A pivotal step for climate action comes at a costly compromise - CAN Europe
EU’s 2040 Climate Target: A pivotal step for climate action comes at a costly compromise In the midst of extreme heat waves, the EU’s 2040 climate target fails to fully embrace the scale and urgency o...
caneurope.org
July 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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❌ No trade with war criminals.

With the European Trade Justice Coalition, we ask for the suspension of the #EUIsrael Association Agreement.
Time for action is now 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...

#NoAssociationWithGenocide @eurtradejustice.bsky.social
Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
We, the European Trade Justice Coalition, call on the European Union (Israel’s biggest trade partner), and its Member States to immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, to suspend all ...
friendsoftheearth.eu
July 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The EU-Mercosur deal WILL fuel deforestation, WILL harm Indigenous Peoples, WILL increase greenhouse gases & WILL poison our plates.🌳🚫

Today at the @europarl.europa.eu, Greenpeace's Lis Cunha called out the environmental & human cost politicians continue to ignore.
#StopEUMercosur #RespectTheAmazon
June 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM