ISDS Case Map
alternatives
The heated debates generated in Europe by the signature of the CETA have revealed that the way the EU negotiates international economic and trade agreements as well as their content are challenged by an increasingly large segment of public opinion.
We urgently need a new approach to trade that prioritizes the needs of people and planet.
Rising inequality is largely to blame for this electoral upset. Continuing with business as usual is not an option.
The first objective of trade agreements should be to benefit the widest possible range of citizens. Trade deals should contribute to sustainable economic growth and jobs in the EU and in partner countries.
The relationship between trade policy and climate policy needs to improve in the future, in particular with a view towards implementing the Paris Agreement.
Proposal from the global campaign to reclaim peoples power, dismantle corporate power and stop impunity.
The new president needs a fresh approach to trade.
India is seeking to terminate BITs signed with 57 countries and sign joint interpretative statements with the other 25 treaty states – all an outcome of the country’s new model BIT.
The alternative model proposed here addresses the shortcomings of the EU Proposal and proposes a sustainable development chapter.
This report discusses options for the following aspects of the treaty: access to remedy; enforcement mechanisms; and its relationship with the trade and investment regime.
