Corporate agenda trumps peoples’ rights in EU-Philippines trade talks
Since the venue of EU-PH FTA negotiation was kept secret, activists staged a mocked protest at premises FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 May 2016 Corporate agenda trumps peoples' rights in EU-Philippines trade talks A secret negotiation for a EU-Philippines FTA is…
Shameless attempt to quietly institutionalise ISDS throughout Europe
S2B statement, 19 may 2016 A new leak reveals that 5 EU member states are proposing to introduce investor-to-state dispute settlement for all cross-border investments within the EU The Seattle to Brussels Network strongly condemns the outrageous attack by Austria,…
Investment Court System put to the test
New EU proposal will perpetuate investors’ attacks on health and environment Published by : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (German Forum on Environment & Development) and the Transnational…
The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
The expected impact of The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement Read the full report here Published by: Transnational Institute (TNI), Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Brussels Office), Center for Social and Labor Research. On 6 April 2016, the Netherlands voted in a referendum on…
The Zombie ISDS
Rebranded as ICS, rights for corporations to sue states refuse to die Read the report in English / Read the executive summary in English, German, Spanish Published by: Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Association Internationale de Techniciens, Experts et Chercheurs (AITEC),…
S2B Statement ahead of WTO Ministerial Conference 10
No more business as usual: global trade rules need to work for people and planet S2B believes that global trade needs to be made to work for the benefit of people and planet and that trade rules should be…
ISDS: Courting foreign investors
Why the Commission’s proposal for an “Investment Court System” still fails to address the key problems of foreign investors’ privileges Analysis by the Seattle to Brussels Network Download the PDF-Version Summary The European Commission unveiled a draft text for a…
ISDS reform plan retains privileged corporate justice system
The European Commission has today announced its plan for reform of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS), the investor rights part of trade deals including the ongoing TTIP negotiations between the European Union and the United States. The main thrust…
Pro-TTIP resolution passes European Parliament
Campaigners have expressed dismay today that the European Parliament ignored the voice of millions of European citizens to express a positive opinion on TTIP (the US-EU trade deal). After angry scenes in Strasburg in which MEPs accused Parliamentary president Martin…
Unacceptable compromise amendment on ISDS in TTIP – still allows investors to sue States at private tribunals.
Today in the European parliament, Social Democrats (S&D) and conservatives (EPP) agreed to let investors sue States in private tribunals. The two main groups reached a compromised on the controversial Investor to State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, endorsing the reform…
Key TTIP vote postponed by the European Parliament at the last minute
The European Parliament has failed to pass a resolution in support of ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. MEPs had been due to vote on 10 June, but the vote was called off. The lack of any vote…