Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MONBIOT George
Governments and corporate lobbyists keep inventing new ways to embed privatisation and circumvent democracy – in this case, the Canada-EU deal
Is it over? Can it be true? If so, it’s a victory for a campaign that once looked hopeless, pitched against a fortress of political, corporate and (...)
, by #stopCETA and #TTIP, Movements
Last days of CETA – Join us for an Autumn of Action!
We are civil society, grassroots organizations, labour movements, farmer, environmental and social groups from all across Europe, Canada and the U.S. We want to put an end to secretive trade deals like CETA and TTIP, and any that follow; (...)
, by Council of Canadians
While debate rages in Europe about CETA, the Canada-EU trade agreement, a new report warns that the deal could lower food safety standards.Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, released today by the Council of Canadians and numerous European partners, outlines the regulatory differences (...)
, by McTAGUE Tom
UK Labour leader wants to scrap trade deal, refuses to do TV Brexit debate.
LONDON — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made a major intervention in the campaign against Brexit Thursday by pledging to scrap the EU’s controversial free trade deal with the United States.
In a speech in central (...)
, by NESLEN Arthur
Documents and emails obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘collusion’ between Brussels and industry over the fossil fuel push in free trade negotiations
The EU appears to have given the US oil company ExxonMobil access to confidential negotiating strategies considered too sensitive to be (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Statement of Concern about Planned Provisions on Investment Protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
In July 2013, the European Commission started negotiations with the United States on the subject of Investment (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
120 SCHOLARS SPEAK OUT AGAINST PLANNED ISDS PROVISIONS IN TTIP
A group of 120 academic experts in trade and investment law, EU law, international law and human rights, constitutional law, private law, political economy and otherfields has spoken out against planned provisions on investment (...)
, by Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation
A statement unanimously adopted at the Congress of the Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation in Malmoe, Sweden.
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Statement of the Congress of the Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation
Malmoe, Sweden, 22-23 May 2014
The EU and the USA are currently negotiating – in (...)
, by Alliance D19-20
Alliance D19-20
Evaluation assembly : 19 may at 7pm, Pletinckx street, 19, 1000 Brussels
Brussels authorities help silence opposition to the ‘Great Transatlantic Market’ (TTIP)
16 May 2014 – Brussels – for immediate release
This Thursday morning over a thousand people were in the (...)
, by FAGAN Gus
The measures taken by both Labour and Tory governments in recent years to open up health services to the market are not just a British phenomenon. Similar measures have been taken in all other European countries. The main mover in this has been the European Commission, the political (...)
This briefing analyses leaked proposals for so-called investor-state dispute settlement under the proposed EU-US deal and reveals a determined lobby campaign from industry lobby groups and law firms to grant unprecedented rights to corporations to sue governments for legislation and (...)
, by TNI
As European Union (EU) member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development (fracking), negotiations are underway for a controversial EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which would grant investors the right to challenge governments’ (...)
, by Movements
The undersigned European, Canadian and Quebec organizations strongly oppose the inclusion of an excessive investment protection chapter and investor-state dispute settlement process (ISDS) in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) for the following reasons:
1. ISDS weakens (...)
Controversy over TTIP threatens to delay ratification on a smaller pact with Canada.
A surprising casualty is emerging in the trade debate between the United States and European Union: Canada.
Almost overnight, the pact struck between Ottawa and Brussels in September has been delayed to (...)
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