Trading away Democracy
How CETA’s Investor Protection Rules threaten the Public Good in Canada and the EU The Investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the far-reaching economic integration agreement between Canada and the European Union prevents governments from acting in the public interest....
Civil society call for full transparency in EU-US trade negotiations
More than 250 civil society organisations and networks have today called on the European Commission to open up the EU-US trade negotiations for public scrutiny. The fifth round of negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) begins...
Proposed plans for US-EU trade deal would weaken health, consumer, worker and environmental protections
Press release – According to a leaked position paper and statements by trade officials, current proposals being floated as part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations would grant foreign governments and corporations an increased opportunity to...
Why is TTIP more than a trade agreement?
EU and US are currently negotiating a trade and investment agreement. How will this deal affect people from both regions and around the world? See reflections from EU and US activists who gathered to discuss about the impacts and...
How the EU-US trade agreement risks expanding fracking
A briefing that explores how a trade agreement currently being negotiated between the US and the EU could open the way to multi-billion euro lawsuits from companies wanting to expand fracking for shale gas and oil....
A Brave New Transatlantic Partnership
The social & environmental consequences of the proposed EU-US trade deal As the second round of negotiations on the EU-US trade agreement kick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by members of the Seattle to Brussels...
Profiting from Injustice
How law firms, arbitrators and financiers are fuelling an investment arbitration boom A study by Cecilia Olivet and Pia Eberhardt, published by TNI and CEO has been published. A small club of international law firms, arbitrators and financial speculators...