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TTIP

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU-US FTA), sometimes also called Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)

Washington rejette l’idée d’un tribunal international au lieu des tribunaux d’arbitrage
AFP | 11-May-2015
Un haut responsable américain a balayé lundi la proposition de la Commission européenne de créer un tribunal international pour régler les litiges entre États et investisseurs étrangers au lieu du mécanisme très controversé des tribunaux d’arbitrage (ISDS).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
US rejects EU calls for global investment court
Press TV | 11-May-2015
The United States has rejected a European Union proposal to establish a global investment court aimed at resolving disputes arising from a massive free trade treaty with the US.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
No TTIP deal with ISDS, warns parliament
The Parliament Magazine | 7-May-2015
MEPs have threatened to block TTIP if ISDS is included, despite revised plans presented to them by European trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Libre échange: accueil mitigé des eurodéputés pour un mécanisme d’arbitrage amélioré
Belga | 7-May-2015
La proposition de la commissaire européenne au Commerce, Cecilia Malmström, pour améliorer les procédures d’arbitrage (ISDS) entre États et multinationales dans le cadre de l’accord de libre-échange UE/États-Unis a reçu un accueil mitigé mercredi au Parlement européen.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
MEPs unimpressed with Commission’s ISDS proposal
EurActiv | 7-May-2015
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström tried to convince MEPs that there are ways to keep the Investment-State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership deal. But unimpressed lawmakers failed to greet it as a full-fledged reform.
keywords: Canada , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Canada-EU trade deal faces more tinkering
Macleans | 6-May-2015
Mission accomplished? Not quite. American negotiations with Europe may trigger more changes to CETA
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
UN calls for suspension of TTIP talks over fears of human rights abuses
The Guardian | 6-May-2015
Alfred de Zayas said the UN will publish a report in August to illustrate the flaws in current plans for the TTIP.
keywords: bilateralism & multilateralism , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
EU’s trade chief wants special court for investor disputes
Reuters | 5-May-2015
The EU’s trade chief proposed on Tuesday creating a new European court to settle disputes in international trade agreements, a step aimed at overcoming growing public resistance to a free-trade accord with the United States.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Corporate power ‘exorcism’ held outside London law firm billed for TTIP lawsuits
RT | 4-May-2015
A group of radical performance activists who hail from New York staged an “exorcism” of corporate power outside an international law firm in London to raise awareness about the dangers of an EU-US trade deal being brokered behind closed doors.
keywords: actions | resistance , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP , video
Masiva oposición al tratado TTIP, en curso en una comisión europarlamentaria
La Gran Época | 28-Apr-2015
Más de 1,5 millones de personas firmaron en Europa suspender las negociaciones impulsadas desde 2013 por Barack Obama.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP