Ruth Bergan is the Co-ordinator of the Trade Justice Movement, a national network that campaigns for socially and environmentally sustainable global trade.
A customs union would still allow the UK to negotiate new trade deals covering large chunks of the economy – so it’s time for far more focus on how such deals affect our rights, and what say we have over them.
Defeated in Seattle and Doha, US and EU corporations are once more trying to stitch up the global economy in the name of 'trade' - with our public services the biggest prize.
