Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit

Friends of the Earth expresses concern that EU-U.S. trade negotiations may weaken health and environmental safeguards, particularly concerning food safety, GM crops, and chemical regulations. The organization calls for the blocking of the Keystone XL pipeline and the implementation of the EU's Fuel Quality Directive to prevent the proliferation of tar sands. Additionally, it criticizes the 'EU 2030 package' as inadequate and argues that leaders are pursuing a corporate-driven agenda of deregulation rather than investing in energy efficiency and community-owned renewables.

• Friends of the Earth warns that EU-U.S. trade negotiations may undermine democratic safeguards and allow multinationals to weaken regulations on food and chemical safety and GM crops under the term 'regulatory coherence'. A specific investor rights clause could enable foreign companies to sue governments, potentially hindering the ability of states to ban or regulate fracking for shale gas.
• The organization demands that President Obama block the Keystone XL pipeline and that President Barroso implement the EU’s Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) with a specific value for tar sands. Without this action, imports of tar sands into Europe could increase from approximately 4,000 barrels per day in 2012 to over 700,000 barrels per day by 2020.
• Friends of the Earth characterizes the 'EU 2030 package' of climate and energy targets as 'dangerously inadequate' and argues that the U.S. and EU are prioritizing a corporate-driven agenda of deregulation and dirty energy over solutions like community-owned renewables and energy efficiency.

APA

Fox, A. (2014). Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2014-03-eu-us-summit-friends-of-the-earth-statement/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit. Friends of the Earth, 2014. https://foe.org/news/2014-03-eu-us-summit-friends-of-the-earth-statement/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Fox |first1=Audrey |title=Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=26 March 2014 |url=https://foe.org/news/2014-03-eu-us-summit-friends-of-the-earth-statement/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{fox2014friends, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2014}, month = mar, url = {https://foe.org/news/2014-03-eu-us-summit-friends-of-the-earth-statement/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }