The European Union and Japan will launch the world's largest free trade zone early next year after their economic partnership cleared a final hurdle on Wednesday.
Sir Peter Westmacott, the former UK ambassador in Washington, warned that the Trump administration was playing "hardball" and would likely demand that the UK...
We need to oppose both the EU’s neoliberal free trade policy and Trump’s nationalist approach and advocate for a radically different trade model that puts people and the environment at its center.
In what the EU chief called a "major concession," U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to refrain from imposing car tariffs while the two sides launch negotiations to cut other trade barriers, easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war.
Today, parliament voted through a trade deal that threatens to lock us into the politics of austerity and high risk globalisation, whatever the cost and whoever comes to power in the future.
Rund 25 Jahre nach einer grossen Privatisierungswelle sind viele Briten unzufrieden, zum Beispiel mit dem Bahnverkehr. Verstaatlichung gilt als Option, geht aber am Problem vorbei.
If a government ratifies investment treaties and provides foreigners with access to investor-state arbitration, they will receive additional foreign investment. This has been the premise of investment law for over 50 years. Is it true? Two decades of studies testing this premise have been inconclusive. Since statistics on foreign investment are notoriously unreliable, they are unlikely to provide a clear answer anytime soon.
Italy's populist Five Star Movement on Friday posted online a final version of its so-called "contract" with the rightwing League, outlining how the two forces plan to govern Italy.
Sofern in Freihandelsabkommen Schiedsgerichte vereinbart würden, hätten Investoren die Möglichkeit öffentliche Regulierungen anzugreifen, sagte Peter Fuchs von der Organisation PowerShift im Dlf. Das könne für den Steuerzahler sehr teuer werden.
EU member states approved the Commission plans to keep investment protection provisions seperate from trade agreements so that they can be approved without the ratification of national or regional parliaments.
Swedish utility Vattenfallhas no legal grounds to ask a U.S. arbitration courtif it can claim 4.7 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from Berlinfor forcing it to halt nuclear production, the German governmenthas said in a letter.
While few people in Europe have heard of the 'Achmea' ruling, the case will have far-reaching consequences. Member states must understand the implications of the case quickly - especially those considering ratifying the EU-Canada trade agreement.
Market failure and voter discontent is forcing the state to reassert itself: "A poll published last year by the Legatum Institute and Populus found that they favour public ownership of the UK’s water (83 per cent), electricity (77 per cent), gas (77 per cent) and railway (76 per cent). Voters are weary of the substandard service and excessive prices that characterise many private companies."