ISDS Case Map
EU
European Union
The EU is aggressively pursuing critical minerals globally to benefit from the energy transition, securing access via trade agreements and partnerships. Failure to address resource overconsumption risks reinforcing inequalities and intensifying extractivism.
The EU is preparing for swift approval of a long-stalled trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc post-June’s European Parliament elections, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, Brussels’ top negotiator.
The two European microstates will be able to participate in the Union's Internal Market and cooperate in other policy areas, as Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein already do.
President Xi Jinping said that a free trade agreement between China and Serbia will take effect on July 1.
The EU would be interested in a UAE free-trade deal if talks for a GCC-wide agreement do not progress, according to a top official.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual is optimistic that the negotiations for the Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement (PH-EU FTA) could be fast-tracked given the speed of the previous trade deal of the country with European countries.
Companies have long used international treaties to try to prevent Global South countries from asserting economic sovereignty. In recent decades, corporations have used such laws to stymie European governments’ attempts to tackle the climate crisis.
For half a century, the ISDS system has allowed multinational corporations to run off with billions of taxpayers dollars while allowing them to undermine environmental standards, public health protections, financial regulations, and other sound policies throughout the world.
For farmers on the ground, FTAs and the WTO rules only serve to drive down prices as far as possible, with no regard for the costs to the wellbeing and health of farmers and citizens, nor the impact on climate and biodiversity.
The European Commission has said that EU exports to New Zealand could grow by up to €4.5 billion annually as a new trade agreement enters into force.
