Zusammenfassung
Trade and investment treaties are at the centre of today's social, political
and juridical debate. The controversy around the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Treaty (TTIP) has triggered this debate. However, TTIP is only
the most visible accord in a wave of new generation treaties all of which
require in-depth debate. This report focuses on the Comprehensive Economic
Trade Agreement (CETA), negotiated between the European Union and Canada.
The imminence of the ratification process urges us to focus without delay on
the contents and consequences of this agreement. CETA, like TTIP and unlike
traditional trade agreements, does not focus on tariff reduction, but on
non-tariff barriers, which means that it aims to modify rules and
legislation. Again, like TTP, it includes an Investor to State Dispute
Settlement (ISDS) system, which allows foreign investors to challenge
European law.
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