Civil society rejects EU and other Global North countries breaking silence on paras 27, 66 & 73

The Civil Society FfD Mechanism argues that the EU is negotiating in bad faith by attempting to undermine a February 2024 agreement on a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (Para 27). The group also calls for the retention of Para 66 and Para 73, asserting that unilateral trade measures justified as climate actions create unbalanced barriers for Global South exports and hinder the transition to greener pathways. Finally, the statement demands full transparency for the FfD4 preparatory process, including live streaming and simultaneous sharing of texts with civil society, criticizing co-facilitators Spain and South Africa for failing to uphold these modalities.

• The EU is accused of negotiating in bad faith by using FfD Forum negotiations to undermine a February 2024 consensus regarding the outline and modalities of the UN Tax Convention Committee and the development of a United Nations framework convention on international tax cooperation.
• Unilateral trade measures, including those framed as climate measures, are described as tools for developed country corporate domination that create prohibitive barriers for Global South exports and prevent producers in developing countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) from providing goods and services necessary for green transitions.
• The document highlights a contradiction where Global North countries use unilateral measures while failing to effectively address investor-state-dispute-settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade agreements that prevent climate measures and increase extraction in the Global South.
• Civil society demands total transparency for the FfD4 preparatory process leading to the 2025 conference in Spain, specifically requesting live streaming of negotiations and immediate access to compilation texts, noting that co-facilitators Spain and South Africa failed to maintain these standards this year.

APA

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (n.d.). Civil society rejects EU and other Global North countries breaking silence on paras 27, 66 & 73. https://www.afrodad.org/campaign/statements/eu-and-global-north-countries-blocking-transparent-negotiations-towards

Chicago

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development. Civil society rejects EU and other Global North countries breaking silence on paras 27, 66 & 73. n.d. https://www.afrodad.org/campaign/statements/eu-and-global-north-countries-blocking-transparent-negotiations-towards.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=African Forum and Network on Debt and Development |title=Civil society rejects EU and other Global North countries breaking silence on paras 27, 66 & 73 |url=https://www.afrodad.org/campaign/statements/eu-and-global-north-countries-blocking-transparent-negotiations-towards |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{africanforumandnetworkondebtanddevelopmentndcivil, author = {{African Forum and Network on Debt and Development}}, title = {{Civil society rejects EU and other Global North countries breaking silence on paras 27, 66 \& 73}}, publisher = {African Forum and Network on Debt and Development}, url = {https://www.afrodad.org/campaign/statements/eu-and-global-north-countries-blocking-transparent-negotiations-towards}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }