FINALLY. 👏👏👏
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel
Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
FINALLY. 👏👏👏
👀 US sees trade with Russia as a guarantee of war settlement, — Foreign Policy.
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
👀 US sees trade with Russia as a guarantee of war settlement, — Foreign Policy.
Spain has fully implemented an arms embargo on Israel through a royal decree law.
All weapons sales, military tech trade, port access for fuel shipments, airspace use for arms transport and settlement goods imports have been banned.
All weapons sales, military tech trade, port access for fuel shipments, airspace use for arms transport and settlement goods imports have been banned.
September 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Spain has fully implemented an arms embargo on Israel through a royal decree law.
All weapons sales, military tech trade, port access for fuel shipments, airspace use for arms transport and settlement goods imports have been banned.
All weapons sales, military tech trade, port access for fuel shipments, airspace use for arms transport and settlement goods imports have been banned.
Settlement comes after US Federal Trade Commission accused entertainment giant of unlawfully collecting children’s data
Disney to pay $10m over alleged breaches of US child privacy laws
Settlement comes after US Federal Trade Commission accused entertainment giant of unlawfully collecting children's data
www.aljazeera.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Settlement comes after US Federal Trade Commission accused entertainment giant of unlawfully collecting children’s data
Twelve countries, including Canada, France, UK, Spain and Denmark moved to ban trade in Israeli illegal settlement goods. The widest coordinated Western action against Israel's crimes on Palestinians in the West Bank.
12 allied countries including Canada, France, UK, Spain, and Denmark move against Israel's illegal settlements www.yacnews.com/12-allied-co...
12 allied countries including Canada, France, UK, Spain, and Denmark move against Israel's illegal settlements
Twelve countries moved to ban trade in Israeli illegal settlement goods on 8 September. The widest coordinated Western action against Israel's crimes against Palestinians in the West Bank.
www.yacnews.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Twelve countries, including Canada, France, UK, Spain and Denmark moved to ban trade in Israeli illegal settlement goods. The widest coordinated Western action against Israel's crimes on Palestinians in the West Bank.
Dutch authorities reportedly searched passengers from Tel Aviv for Israeli settlement goods after a ban on settlement trade took effect last week:
Israel lashes out as Dutch customs check for settler goods
Dutch authorities reportedly searched passengers from Tel Aviv for Israeli settlement goods after a ban on settlement trade took effect last week.
www.newarab.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Dutch authorities reportedly searched passengers from Tel Aviv for Israeli settlement goods after a ban on settlement trade took effect last week:
‘Overdue first step’: UK reacts to gov’t ban on Israeli settlement trade https://aje.news/g0w0ii
September 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
‘Overdue first step’: UK reacts to gov’t ban on Israeli settlement trade https://aje.news/g0w0ii
Why isn't the produce of murderous so-called settlers
treated the same as the proceeds of every other crime
"It’s time to criminalise Britain’s West Bank settlement trade"
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
treated the same as the proceeds of every other crime
"It’s time to criminalise Britain’s West Bank settlement trade"
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
It's time to criminalise Britain's West Bank settlement trade
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co
August 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Why isn't the produce of murderous so-called settlers
treated the same as the proceeds of every other crime
"It’s time to criminalise Britain’s West Bank settlement trade"
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
treated the same as the proceeds of every other crime
"It’s time to criminalise Britain’s West Bank settlement trade"
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Allowing trade with illegal settlements is not a "neutral" position, it is a pro-settlement position. It means: settlements are legal and normal and should go on expanding.
September 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Allowing trade with illegal settlements is not a "neutral" position, it is a pro-settlement position. It means: settlements are legal and normal and should go on expanding.
This is one reason I think settlement trade and financial sanctions are a really good demand, because they have almost all the juice of a full sanctions program but are an easier rhetorical lift.
August 27, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This is one reason I think settlement trade and financial sanctions are a really good demand, because they have almost all the juice of a full sanctions program but are an easier rhetorical lift.
I wonder if the public are aware that Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is embedded in the UK’s CPTPP free trade deals?
What is ISDS?
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What is ISDS?
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December 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I wonder if the public are aware that Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is embedded in the UK’s CPTPP free trade deals?
What is ISDS?
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What is ISDS?
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Alongside the Federal Trade Commission and 11 AGs, we’ve secured a settlement with chemical company Corteva for using practices that limited competition in the agricultural pesticide market.
This settlement puts meaningful limits on these practices.
This settlement puts meaningful limits on these practices.
September 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Alongside the Federal Trade Commission and 11 AGs, we’ve secured a settlement with chemical company Corteva for using practices that limited competition in the agricultural pesticide market.
This settlement puts meaningful limits on these practices.
This settlement puts meaningful limits on these practices.
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult t...
apnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
IMF chief urges US to strike trade deals swiftly to limit damage to global economy
IMF chief urges US to strike trade deals swiftly to limit damage to global economy
Kristalina Georgieva calls for trade policy settlement and says tariff wars have ‘spiked uncertainty off the charts’
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
IMF chief urges US to strike trade deals swiftly to limit damage to global economy
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with General Motors that would ban the automaker from providing drivers’ behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies. The ban will last for five years.
General Motors Is Banned From Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years
An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with General Motors that would ban the automaker from providing drivers’ behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies. The ban will last for five years.
“We’re the outliers here”: UK-led sanctions on Israeli settlements isolate the US.
Twelve countries banned settlement trade over displacement and settler violence — and some Democrats say Washington should be doing far more.
Twelve countries banned settlement trade over displacement and settler violence — and some Democrats say Washington should be doing far more.
The UK banned imports from Israeli settlements. Progressives are urging the US to follow suit.
Twelve countries banned settlement trade over displacement and settler violence — and some Democrats say Washington should be doing far more.
www.motherjones.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“We’re the outliers here”: UK-led sanctions on Israeli settlements isolate the US.
Twelve countries banned settlement trade over displacement and settler violence — and some Democrats say Washington should be doing far more.
Twelve countries banned settlement trade over displacement and settler violence — and some Democrats say Washington should be doing far more.
Well Shaul and the entire community of human rights, anti-occupation activists are begging the international community to stop its complicity in the settlement project by meaningful sanctions on any trade and investment in the settlement. That's the allyship they need, not compliments or likes.
September 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Well Shaul and the entire community of human rights, anti-occupation activists are begging the international community to stop its complicity in the settlement project by meaningful sanctions on any trade and investment in the settlement. That's the allyship they need, not compliments or likes.
Tory MP Harriet Cross and Spectator's Noa Hoffman on BBC claim that banning illegal settlement trade will be both ineffective and attract backlash. Their position is based on the ahistorical clanger of conflating "symbolic" with "ineffective". Symbolic acts can be very effective, hence the backlash.
September 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Tory MP Harriet Cross and Spectator's Noa Hoffman on BBC claim that banning illegal settlement trade will be both ineffective and attract backlash. Their position is based on the ahistorical clanger of conflating "symbolic" with "ineffective". Symbolic acts can be very effective, hence the backlash.
Israel has been committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
Piecemeal sanctions against settlement goods or individual ministers won't cut it.
Britain must end all trade, all arms sales, and all support for Israel's economy of occupation, apartheid and genocide.
(JEREMY CORBYN)
#gaza
Piecemeal sanctions against settlement goods or individual ministers won't cut it.
Britain must end all trade, all arms sales, and all support for Israel's economy of occupation, apartheid and genocide.
(JEREMY CORBYN)
#gaza
September 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Israel has been committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
Piecemeal sanctions against settlement goods or individual ministers won't cut it.
Britain must end all trade, all arms sales, and all support for Israel's economy of occupation, apartheid and genocide.
(JEREMY CORBYN)
#gaza
Piecemeal sanctions against settlement goods or individual ministers won't cut it.
Britain must end all trade, all arms sales, and all support for Israel's economy of occupation, apartheid and genocide.
(JEREMY CORBYN)
#gaza
It's time to criminalise Britain's West Bank settlement trade
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
It's time to criminalise Britain's West Bank settlement trade
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co
August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
It's time to criminalise Britain's West Bank settlement trade
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The Canary speaks to Andy McDonald MP and Chris Doyle about how the UK must end trade with illegal West Bank settlements
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Bielefeld-Sieker, Germany: A sprawling Roman-period Germanic settlement (2nd–5th c. CE) revealed over 30 longhouses, storage pits, pottery, a Roman coin, and traces of thriving trade along ancient routes. Even ordinary objects can outlive empires, quietly preserving the stories people leave behind.
Large Germanic settlement from the Roman period uncovered in Bielefeld with 30 longhouses and trade links | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists uncover a major Germanic settlement in Bielefeld, revealing 30 longhouses, Roman trade links, and life during the Roman era.
archaeologymag.com
July 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Bielefeld-Sieker, Germany: A sprawling Roman-period Germanic settlement (2nd–5th c. CE) revealed over 30 longhouses, storage pits, pottery, a Roman coin, and traces of thriving trade along ancient routes. Even ordinary objects can outlive empires, quietly preserving the stories people leave behind.
Breaking News: Amazon will pay $2.5 billion over claims that it tricked people into signing up for Prime membership, in one of the FTC’s largest settlements.
Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement
The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Breaking News: Amazon will pay $2.5 billion over claims that it tricked people into signing up for Prime membership, in one of the FTC’s largest settlements.
This is key. Sanctioning settlement trade is mostly symbolic, but sanctions on entities involved in settlement expansion (and even more so, maintenance) could force Israel into some very difficult choices.
August 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This is key. Sanctioning settlement trade is mostly symbolic, but sanctions on entities involved in settlement expansion (and even more so, maintenance) could force Israel into some very difficult choices.