CETA

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was concluded in 2014 between the European Union and Canada. It entered into provisional application in September 2017.

The agreement covers most aspects of new generation trade deals, including intellectual property, public procurements, regulatory cooperation, services and elimination of tariffs.

It also includes an investment chapter with a revised investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, dubbed investment court system. Many critics on both sides of the Atlantic say that this new system is largely window-dressing and does not address the core of the problem behind investor-state dispute measures which enable foreign corporations to sue states if they deem their profits or investment potentials affected by new laws or changes in policy.

Photo: Council of Canadians

(March 2020)

Tercera Información | 3-Dec-2016
El Parlamento Europeo ha rechazado una resolución para someter el polémico Sistema Judicial de Inversiones incluído en el acuerdo comercial entre la UE y Canadá, el CETA, al escrutinio del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJCE).
Le Soir | 2-Dec-2016
Selon le ministre-président wallon, le fédéral tarde à honorer un de ses engagements.
La Libre | 30-Nov-2016
La crise du mois d’octobre dernier était peut-être inutile.
Público | 24-Nov-2016
Por 419 votos en contra y 258 a favor el Pleno del Europarlamento ha rechazado la moción que pedía la opinión del Tribunal sobre el polémico acuerdo de libre comercio, especialmente en lo que respecta a los denostados paneles arbitrales.
The Guardian | 17-Nov-2016
Rising inequality is largely to blame for this electoral upset. Continuing with business as usual is not an option.
Les Echos | 17-Nov-2016
Le traité de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Canada pourrait, à terme, généraliser le recours à l’arbitrage.
Vieuws | 8-Nov-2016
The move follows the Commission’s pledge from last year to “start work, together with other countries, on setting up a permanent International Investment Court.”
L’actualité | 8-Nov-2016
Le règlement de différends qui opposent des États et des entreprises étrangères devrait se faire devant les tribunaux et non devant des arbitres qui officient derrière des portes closes, affirme le professeur de droit Gus Van Harten.
Le Monde | 1-Nov-2016
Les tribunaux d’arbitrage associés au traité CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) sont devenus ces dernières années le symbole des mouvements de contestation du libre-échange.
European Law Blog | 31-Oct-2016
The Belgian federal government will seek the opinion of the European Court of Justice on the compatibility of the Investment Court System (ICS) in CETA with the Treaties.