Voting on Free Trade Agreement with the USA The Parliament has agreed to the motion for a resolution concerning the free trade agreement between the EU und USA with a majority of the conservatives, socio-democrats and liberals thereby giving the Commission the green light for negotiations. We Greens could neither…

Free Trade Agreement with India Last monday, April 15th, the Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma met with Commissioner Karel de Gucht. We had expected this meeting to be crucial for the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India: Either that meeting would bring a political agreement…

Investor to State Dispute Settlement As suggested by the European Parliament, the Commission has submitted a proposal for a regulation for managing the financial responsibility between EU and member states in investor to state dispute settlements. Since the Lisbon Treaty the EU has the competence on investment and there is…

Samstag, 1.12.12: Beim täglichen Gang durch die Supermarktregale, bei Starbucks oder dem örtlichen Bäcker – das Fair Trade Logo ist kein seltener Anblick mehr. Handelt es sich dabei um eine begrüßenswerte Entwicklung mit dem Potential den weltweiten Handel gerechter zu gestalten und einen kritischen KonsumentInnenblick zu befördern oder ist es…