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)

EU Observer | 6-May-2018
Keeping the European project alive requires EU members to abide by the principle of loyalty to European institutions.
EU Law Analysis | 13-Mar-2018
My prediction for CETA and TTIP is that an opinion would be a death sentence for the investment protection provisions, since they are capable of being applied to various aspects of EU law.
La Libre | 7-Mar-2018
Un arrêt de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) donne de nombreux espoirs aux opposants du traité de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Canada (Ceta).
Asia Times | 6-Feb-2018
A new battle is taking shape on the world scene. It sees China and the West compete in affirming their respective investment standards around the globe.
Regards | 28-Nov-2017
Le CETA, comme tous les traités de libre-échange nouvelle génération, échappe au débat public et à tout processus démocratique. En jeu : la capacité à mener des politiques publiques soucieuses de protection sociale et environnementale.
CNCD 11.11.11 | 17-Nov-2017
Au-delà du CETA, signé en octobre 2017 par l’Union européenne et le Canada et très médiatisé, l’Europe négocie une kyrielle de traités commerciaux à travers toute la planète.
L’Orient le Jour | 15-Nov-2017
Une grande partie du problème tient aux traités bilatéraux et aux dispositions sur l’investissement inscrites dans les accords commerciaux plus généraux.
Project Syndicate | 9-Nov-2017
Much of the problem can be traced to bilateral investment treaties and investment rules embedded within broader trade pacts.
Alternatives Economiques | 9-Nov-2017
Plusieurs modifications indispensables auraient dû être apportées au CETA pour le rendre climato-compatible.
Blastingnews | 31-Oct-2017
El CETA es eso que han aprobado mientras os contaban lo malos que son en Venezuela y Cataluña