In January, the Canadian company TransCanada announced its plan to sue the US government for more than US$15 billion under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – following the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: one of the most notorious and reviled proposed fossil fuel projects worldwide. This report demonstrates the threat …
Investment court system, ISDS in disguise: 10 reasons why the EU’s proposal doesn’t fix a flawed system
The European Commission has proposed a new ‘Investment Court System’ to replace the current investor to state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other future investment deals. The proposed new mechanism does not resolve the biggest problems with ISDS and would expand the reach of the system, increasing …
Opinion on the establishment of an investment tribunal in TTIP – the proposal from the European Commission on 16.09.2015 and 11.12.2015
This report gives the opinion of the German Magistrates Association on the establishment of an investment tribunal in TTIP – the proposal from the European Commission on 16.09.2015 and 11.12.2015 The report says the German Magistrates Association rejects the proposal of the European Commission to establish an investment court within the framework of the Transatlantic …
Briefing: how Europe needs to more robustly regulate its financial sector
This briefing paper says that Europe needs to toughen-up its regulations for how investors deal with environmental and social risks. It is based on the joint submission by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth Europe, on 31st January 2016, in response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the EU regulatory framework for …
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Nature is our right: policies to protect nature in Europe for the good of everyone
The laws that protect nature across Europe – the EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives (known as the ‘nature directives’) – are currently being reviewed by the European Union as part of the REFIT (Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme) process. The review will continue until the end of 2016. In this report, Friends of the Earth …
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