CIEL Senior Attorney Melissa Blue Sky’s statement on the outcome of the #BeyondNAFTA summit in Mexico City

The #BeyondNAFTA summit in Mexico City brought together a diverse coalition of social movements, unions, and environmentalists to demand that any new North American trade agreement includes enforceable commitments for labor, the environment, and climate change, while opposing Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).

• A diverse coalition including social movements, trade unions, environmentalists, farmers, indigenous peoples, migrants, and human rights groups formed at the summit to demand that new North American trade agreements prioritize people and the planet over profits.
• Summit participants expressed collective support for binding obligations to address climate change, enforceable labor and environmental protections, the rights of indigenous people and migrant workers, and the removal of Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).

APA

Sky'], [. B. (2017). CIEL Senior Attorney Melissa Blue Sky’s statement on the outcome of the #BeyondNAFTA summit in Mexico City. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-senior-attorney-melissa-blue-skys-statement-outcome-two-day-beyondnafta-summit-mexico-city/

Chicago

Sky'], ['Melissa Blue. CIEL Senior Attorney Melissa Blue Sky’s statement on the outcome of the #BeyondNAFTA summit in Mexico City. Center for International Environmental Law, 2017. https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-senior-attorney-melissa-blue-skys-statement-outcome-two-day-beyondnafta-summit-mexico-city/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{sky2017ciel, author = {Sky'], ['Melissa Blue}, title = {{CIEL Senior Attorney Melissa Blue Sky’s statement on the outcome of the \#BeyondNAFTA summit in Mexico City}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/ciel-senior-attorney-melissa-blue-skys-statement-outcome-two-day-beyondnafta-summit-mexico-city/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }