The massive opposition to TTIP in Europe should convince the EU to listen to its citizens, as the issue has the potential, in conjunction with other factors like Brexit, to bring the whole idea of the Union into question, writes Nomi Byström.
Warning against dangers to “workers, communities and our environment,” more than 450 environmental advocacy groups called on Congress to reject the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Last week, there was a bit of good news on the trade front: on July 8, tobacco giant Philip Morris lost its ridiculous case against Uruguay’s cigarette labeling laws. ISDS empowers companies to sue governments in private tribunals over measures that undermine their expected profits. It has become a lightning rod for controversy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been signed but not ratified and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations are in train. The former faces challenges in securing legislative ratification in the US and some other member states, buts its progress faces widespread, and growing, resistance in key European countries, with opposition coming from both within national bodies politic and wider civil societies. The success of both projects hangs in the balance. This short paper looks at the cases for and against both projects and analyses the political dynamics at play.
The European Union and the USA have been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) behind closed doors since 2013. Negotiators kept insisting that their secret talks would work in the best interest of the public and the environment. But since Greenpeace leaked the TTIP draft negotiating documents it became clearer than ever, that this trade agreement could become one of the most dangerous weapons in the hands of the fossil fuel industry in its effort to kill Climate Action for the 21st century.
TTIP könnte die Ziele des Pariser Klimaabkommens gefährden. Auch TiSA bedroht das Klima, durch das Abkommen könnten Regierungen erneuerbare Energien nicht mehr subventionieren.
Despite the clear dangers posed by CETA, Liam 'Take Back Control' Fox has already signed the UK up to the deal, wilfully bypassing UK parliamentary scrutiny along the way.
A total of 60 civil society organisations from Indonesia and Europe have signed a joint statement laying out serious concerns with the EU-Indonesia trade agreement. These behind-closed-doors trade negotiations - like CETA and TTIP - jeopardise an equitable and just future.
Das lang erwartete Urteil des EuGH, Slowakische Republik gegen Achmea BV, scheint das Schicksal des Investor-Staat-Schiedsverfahrens im Rahmen von BITS innerhalb der EU zu besiegeln.
Der EuGH entschied in seinem Achmea-Urteil, dass Investitionsschutzabkommen zwischen EU-Staaten mit dem EU-Recht unvereinbar sei. Achmea ist ein deutliches Indiz dafür, dass auch die Investitionsschutz-Vereinbarungen in CETA problematisch für die Autonomie des EU-Rechts sind.
Nine months after reaching an agreement in principle on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union, government of Canada officials announced the end of technical negotiations on Tuesday afternoon.
With much fanfare, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada announced that trade negotiators have concluded negotiations on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), even organizing a signing ceremony with the provinces on September 26 to “finalize” the deal.
The European Commission has announced that it will not allow a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to challenge the secret trade talks it is holding with the US government, supposedly on our behalf.
Europeans are in uproar at chaotic attempts by the EU presidency to rush through 'secret courts' for investors to sue governments who try to protect their citizens and public services.