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Free trade shouldn't trump human rights
JEREMY CORBYN explains how British trade agreements are damaging lives in Latin America

On Tuesday afternoon in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons there was just a whiff of the intense debate facing people in Latin America, as Parliament considered the European Union trade agreement with Colombia and Peru.

This agreement is designed to give Colombia and Peru privileged access to European markets and has sparked huge concern among environmental, human rights and indigenous groups in both countries.

AB Colombia, a coalition of Cafod, Christian Aid, Oxfam, SCIAF and Trocaire which all run programmes in Colombia, gave an excellent briefing to MPs last Thursday.

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