EU-VIETNAM TRADE DEAL: A SWEAT OVER LABOUR RIGHTS
Megan Birot
The EU-Vietnam free trade deal is set to be ratified this year, but some European lawmakers and NGOs believe the deal overlooks human rights. The communist state’s poor record of labour rights is proving a stumbling block to what has been hailed as the most ambitious trade agreement between the EU and a developing country.
ECONOMICS
CHAINED TO THE FUTURE AND BLOCKED FROM THE PAST
Amalie Kraaer
Some people consider cryptocurrencies a gold mine, others consider it a scam. While the world is debating the legitimacy of Bitcoin and it’s cyber siblings, the white noise is cancelling out the actual news: Blockchain is a revolutionizing technology taking over the world.
DEVELOPMENT AID FOR EUROPEAN INVESTORS, NOT FOR ETHIOPIANS
Julia Weinzierler
After years of aid from abroad and steady economical growth, Ethiopia still struggles to nurture its own population. A new development partnership between the African country and Europe should solve this problem by bringing private investors from abroad on the market to stimulate growth and feed the people. But the profit is certainly not made by the people in need.
IS EU CLOSING THE DIGITAL GAP OR CONTAMINATING GHANA?
Paula Cámara Esteban
“Rivers are not running water, are running electric waste there. The water is black with the oils and chemicals and is thick with components as wires and plastic”, Raphael Rowe –investigative journalist for the BBC- explains the situation of the dumpsite Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana.
