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Standing together with communities experiencing injustice, we fight for trade that values people over profit. We used to be called Traidcraft Exchange.
More Trump tariffs are on their way: with unrealistic and unfair demands brought upon countries including Bangladesh - which has been hit with a 35% tariff.
The UK Government must stand with the Global South and support trade justice.
Read our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
🌞Exploitation is no picnic - so we’re marking #NationalPicnicWeek by handing in the Corporate Justice Coalition's #BizHumanRights petition at Downing Street and the Department for Business and Trade.
145,000 people called for this new law - including 33,000 from Transform Trade!
Trade democracy is common sense - but currently, the UK Parliament has no guaranteed right to debate or vote on deals - and the current government is yet to set out its trade strategy.
We unpack all this and more in our latest blog: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
Trade democracy means having full democratic oversight of trade deals and policies- and it's currently something the UK lacks.
We've unpacked the tariff chaos and the need for scrutiny on both sides of the pond in our latest blog post: www.transform-trade.org/blog/trump-t...
Our new Wearing Thin report, which surveyed 198 Indian garment manufacturers, report found brands cancelling orders, paying late and refusing to pay minimum wage.
Read the report and email your MP today, we need a Fashion Watchdog to hold brands to account.
www.transform-trade.org/fashion-watc...
Enesti Jacobu Mwabusega is a cocoa farmer harvesting cocoa fruits on her farm. Location: Mababu Ward, Kyela District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
Mzinala S. Lutolo and her husband work together after harvesting the cocoa fruits from their farm. He cuts the cocoa fruits in half, and she removes the cocoa beans from the cocoa fruit and fills it in the bucket. Location: Mababu Ward, Kyela District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
Joseph Asangalwisye Mwaigomole holds a well-ripe cocoa fruit cut in half, exposing the cocoa beans during his harvest. Location: Mababu Ward, Kyela District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
This Earth Day, we're talking about one of the planet's most delicious natural resources - cocoa - and why the climate crisis is hitting growers and consumers alike.
Read more: bit.ly/3YdSc1I
Sign our declaration against the weaponisation of tariffs that increase global tensions and hostility here: bit.ly/3RyxINd
04.04.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0These are the countries that produce clothes for the US, UK and many other countries.
So much progress has been lost overnight - but there is still time to act.
Decision makers in the UK and beyond are asking: is this kind of hostile trading landscape what people actually want?
The Trump administration's wave of worldwide tariffs is the biggest upheaval to world trade in 100 years.
Workers and producers in the Global South are likely to be hardest hit. Bangladesh is facing 37% tariffs, Sri Lanka 45%, Cambodia 49%.
Until the 11th of April, your donations to the #1000BusinessesAppeal will be DOUBLED.
Your donation will make twice the impact to the farmers and producer businesses that are transforming trade every day.
Find out more and donate here: www.transform-trade.org/1000
Our campaign to get damaging UPOV91 seed laws out of UK trade deals is growing steadily.
UPOV91 threatens the way farmers have exchanged and saved seeds for generations - by letting large multinationals privatise seeds.
Find out more and take action:
www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
With Trump's trade tariffs dominating the headlines right now, you might be wondering what they are and why they matter – and how they impact producers across the world.
www.transform-trade.org/blog/tariffs-trade-and-trump-what-do-recent-headlines-mean-for-producers-in-the-global-south-nbsp
Want to ensure a fairer deal for fashion’s worst paid workers?
We need to talk about collective bargaining.
Read our new blog by guest collaborators Rohan Preece and Shriya Srivastava: www.transform-trade.org/blog/a-faire...
It's Blue Monday - but we've decided to fight back against pessimism and look forward to the year ahead.
There's no limit to the brilliant things you can do to support the fight for a fairer trade system in 2025!
Read more: www.transform-trade.org/blog/transfo...
The right to share and save seeds is under threat - and a little-known trade mechanism called UPOV91 is to blame.
And to make matters worse - UK trade deals are complicit in spreading this around the world.
Find out more and take action here: www.transform-trade.org/seeds-campaign
🎄Our UK office Christmas tree is full of messages of hope and solidarity from supporters and donors to the #WorkWithoutFear Appeal.
Thank you to everyone who sent in a paper bauble message.
🎅Merry Christmas!
Who made my jumper? Elves (no) Workers (yes)
It's Christmas Jumper Day - and here's your chance to stand with the people who make millions of jumpers for the UK market.
Call upon your MP to stand up for fairer fashion by backing the #FashionWatchdog - it takes less than a minute!
bit.ly/4ivX9LK
Read more about the Work Without Fear appeal here - and remember, your DOUBLED donation will be the best deal you'll get this Christmas... www.transform-trade.org/christmas
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Today only: Double your Donation on Giving Tuesday
£30 = £60 - could fund a grant to provide female workers with vital safety equipment £50 = £100 could provide training for female entrepreneurs £350 = £700 could help set up two women-run community owned shops in rural areas
🚨Today is #GivingTuesday – until midnight, donations to the Work Without Fear Christmas Appeal will be DOUBLED!
Will you fight for a safer future for women across the world?
bit.ly/4ikXSzs
📣SAVE THE DATE
Next Tuesday, 3rd December, is #GivingTuesday.
For just 24 hours your donation to Transform Trade will be DOUBLED.
It’s your chance to make twice as much difference in the lives of millions of women fighting against exploitation and injustice.
✊Transform Trade stands with communities, organisations and governments calling for an end to this unjust system of #ISDS.
The UK should terminate its agreement with Colombia.
Join our call for the UK to implement a new law to stop businesses getting away with human rights abuses in their supply chains 👇
action.transform-trade.org/hold-busines...
We support the call for a UK law on mandatory due diligence. It means standing by the human rights defenders who face threats for protecting people and our planet. Read
@peacebrigades.ch UK's 🆕report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!
peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecase...
"We have started our store only recently, but our success has ignited our enthusiasm for the business. It is slowly evolving into an entity that is helping to strengthen the communication amongst men and women in the society - Eva Rani, store owner
£30 could fund a grant to provide female workers with vital safety equipment £50 could provide training for female entrepreneurs £110 could fund a farmers' association to recruit and train women to take up positions of leadershop $350 could help set up a community-owned shop in a rural area £500 could help fund gender equality training
In north-west Bangladesh we're supporting communities to set up 100 women-owned convenience stores.
The shops sell products usually hard to find in rural areas, as well as providing employment and a safe space for women to meet together outside the home.
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