The NGO Greenpeace has published a study on Wednesday 11 May that questions the Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIA) that the European Commission commissions when negotiating a new trade agreement. According to the authors, the analysis carried out by external consultants does not take sufficient account of any socio-economic and environmental effects of the agreements.
The NGO has criticised the Commission for primarily basing it on economic indicators, which it claims are biased....