Trade is part of consumers’ lives: many of their clothes, TVs, smartphones, food and the services they use to book their holidays would be unthinkable without it.

But consumers are becoming more conscious of the impact of their shopping choices on the environment. To stop the continuing depletion of natural resources, we urgently need to change how we produce and consume.

That is why the consumer movement fully supports a European Green Deal that works for consumers. Yet, research shows that trade policy is insufficiently coherent with the Green Deal. To better align both policies, the EU should adapt its laws, make sure they are enforced and improve the content of its trade agreements.