TISA services trade agreement Leaked texts underline concerns with shadowy services talks   Wikileaks yesterday leaked negotiating texts from the ongoing negotiations on an international trade in services agreement (TISA). The leaks come ahead of the seventh negotiating round, taking place in Geneva next week. The Greens have previously raised…

The Commission has started their public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) as announced earlier. We are, however, dissapointed that there is no question whether ISDS should be excluded from TTIP. Anyway, a positive aspect is that concrete text proposals were published. These correspond to the text of the planned…

Investor-state dispute settlement ( ISDS ) has come into the focus of critics since the start of negotiations on a free trade agreement with the US (TTIP). ISDS means that foreign investors can sue the states hosting their investments in front of international courts when they see their rights and…

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE, CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY, SIERRA CLUB, TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE, POWERSHIFT, BLUE PLANET PROJECT, ATTAC FRANCE Press release NEW REPORT: NO FRACKING WAY The full report is available here: http://www.foeeurope.org/no-fracking-way Amsterdam/Berlin/Brussels/Ottawa/Washington, March 6, 2014 – A trade deal between the EU and the US risks opening the backdoor…