Socialising Losses, Privatising Gains
How Dutch investment treaties harm the public interest Dutch investment treaties (BITs) are frequently used by foreign companies to sue governments in the North and South for policies that might harm their future profits. In 75 per cent of the Dutch BIT cases…
No to ISDS in TTIP
Over 97% of us said no to special tribunals for businesses to sue governments when new laws that protect citizens and the environment get in the way of their profits. This is one of many dangerous measures in a possible…
Commission consultation on investor rights in TTIP makes a mockery of democracy
Campaigners from the Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B) have criticised the European Commission’s consultation on investor rights in the proposed EU-US trade deal (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) as a mockery of democracy aimed at selling its pro-industry agenda,…
1 Million Signatures against TTIP and CETA
JUNCKER RECEIVES BIRTHDAY SURPRISE: ONE MILLION SIGNATURES OPPOSING TTIP AND CETA Press release, 09/12/2014 Self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative asks Commission to blow out the candles on trade deals The Stop TTIP coalition, consisting of more than 320 civil society organisations…
EU Investment Policy: Looking behind closed doors
Late March 2014 the Directorate-General for Trade in the European Commission (DG Trade) launched a public consultation on the inclusion of a controversial investment protection chapter and investor-to-state dispute (ISDS) settlement process in the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
The case of Newmont Mining vs Indonesia
Netherlands – Indonesia BIT rolls back implementation of new Indonesian mining law The case of Newmont Mining vs Indonesia is a powerful example of how investment agreements are used by companies to get exemptions from government regulations and legislation, undermining…
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. Download…
Video: Transatlantic Free-Trade Agreement (TAFTA/TTIP)
Does the investor state settlement dispute mechanism (ISDS) in TTIP entail a global governance by and for multinational corporations? Natacha Cingotti is a campaigner in the environmental NGO "Friends of the Earth Europe" in Brussels. Lori Wallach is the director…
Pan-EU civil society coalition rejects US-EU free trade deal process
With the fifth round of EU-US negotiations under way this week in Arlington/USA, more than 120 organisations have rejected the corporate agenda in the TTIP negotiations in a joint statement released today. People, environment and democracy before profit and corporate…
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 possible…
Suing the state: hidden rules within the EU-US trade deal
This film presents some of the dangers of the investor rights within the proposed EU-US trade deal (TTIP). We need to stop this corporate attack on our democracy and policies to protect the public interest.