ISDS Case Map
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
last update: May 2012
photo: Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Europe
Bilateral deal-making involving European governments.
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Spain’s agricultural sector is concerned about free trade negotiations between the European Union and third parties. The agreement with Canada (CETA) and ongoing talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur are raising doubts in the Iberian countryside.
Japan is the main market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and is a strategically important market for seafood.
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström wants to include a chapter on gender equality in an update to the bloc’s trade deal with Chile, which is due to be negotiated soon.
Dutch senators backed a hard-won compromise to ratify an amended EU-Ukraine deal, clearing one of the final hurdles for approval of the deal to help nudge Kyiv closer to the West.
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.
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.
Referenced sites
Amfori
European business lobby group on foreign trade issues
Collectif Stop Tafta / CETA
Site internet du collectif français Stop TAFTA, CETA et autres accords de libre-échange
ESF
The European Services Forum (ESF) is a network of representatives from the European services sector. We are committed to actively promoting the interests of ...
Eurochambres
Eurochambres, a European business lobby group, webpage on FTAs
FOEE: Trade
Friends of the Earth Europe's special web section on trade deals
Handelskampanjen
The Norwegian Trade Campaign will oppose the current, neo-liberal trade policies and fundamentally reform the trade policy system.
Pour
POUR est un collectif citoyen qui met à votre disposition des analyses et prises de position d’experts, de philosophes, de sociologues, de juristes, d’économ...
Seattle to Brussels Network
The S2B network was formed in the aftermath of the WTO's 1999 Seattle Ministerial to challenge the corporate-driven agenda of the European Union and other Eu...
Trade Leaks
Greenpeace's leaked documents underline the strong objections civil society and millions of people around the world have voiced.
