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Client Earth | 7-sep-2016
Highly controversial investor rules in the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) led the EU Parliament to ask its legal service whether they were compatible with EU law, and the analysis has just been published.
CBC | 20-aoû-2016
Leaked meeting notes posted earlier this month by ’Politico Europe’ suggest that as recently as July 15, countries couldn’t agree on what parts of the agreement should apply when.
Common Dreams | 16-aoû-2016
A major topic of discussion at the World Social Forum in Montreal was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them, writes Nick Dearden
New Internationalist | 9-aoû-2016
As thousands discuss free trade at the World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada’s experience with NAFTA may offer lessons for the Netherlands, writes Niels Jongerius
Counterpunch | 8-jui-2016
CETA, like its cousins TTP and TTIP, would cement into place the right of multi-national corporations to dictate to governments without any democratic input.
Friends of the Earth Europe | 21-jui-2016
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes a reference to the UN process to establish binding rules that would force multinational corporations to respect human rights laws, but calls on the EU to start actively supporting this UN process.
La Croix | 20-jui-2016
Les évêques de l’Union européenne et des États-Unis d’Amérique estiment que les politiques commerciales « doivent être fondées sur des critères éthiques axés sur l’être humain et avoir pour objectif le bien commun ».
Vieuws | 20-jui-2016
High-level South Korean diplomats have expressed their preference for the old investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system over the Investment Court System (ICS) in the framework of a future investment chapter in the EU-South Korea FTA.
TNI | 14-jui-2016
The EU and Mexico launch negotiations for a ‘modernised’ Free Trade Agreement. A key feature is the investment protection chapter which grants major multinational companies in Mexico and the EU the exclusive right to challenge democratic decisions.
TNI | 13-jui-2016
Un elemento clave es el capítulo sobre protección de inversiones que otorga a grandes empresas de Mexico y de la UE el derecho exclusivo de desafiar las decisiones democráticas de los Estados, aun cuando estas buscan proteger el interés publico