ISDS Case Map
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The Court’s Opinion has consequences for future EU trade deals such as CETA and potentially a future UK-EU FTA.
The Court of Justice for the European Union fired a significant shot at investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), and the result is likely to be much more than just a flesh wound.
If all parliaments in member states have to approve international trade deals, future trade deals may take even longer than they already do to come to fruition.
The European Union will have to secure approval from national parliaments in order to finalise a free trade deal with Singapore. The bloc’s top court ruled that the agreement in “its current form” cannot be handled by the Commission acting alone.
The European Union has invited the government of Tanzania for dialogue over the Economic Partnership Agreement impasse that has threatened to derail the trade pact between the bloc and the East African Community member countries.
A recent trade deal on organic products between the EU and Chile has sparked a discussion regarding the carbon footprint of organic products transportation.
Brussels wants to avoid ‘toxic’ names that make trade deals unpalatable.
The decision bears the hallmark of the CETA free trade deal between Canada and the EU. Dirty oil has been given a clean label.
The General Court of the European Union passed a ruling in support of public initiatives critical of EU legislation. The court said that movements like "Stop TTIP" could contribute to public debates on pressing issues.
Mexico and the European Union might leave some agricultural goods out of a new free trade deal that they want to wrap up this year.
