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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)

UE-Canada - Le Ceta, un accord commercial au détriment des paysans
Inf’OGM | 30-Sep-2016
S’il est adopté, le Ceta aboutira à une consolidation des droits de propriété industrielle dont le Certificat d’obtention végétale et le brevet qui concernent directement les semences.
biodiversity | biopiracy , Canada , EU , France , GMOs , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , regulation
Unpacking CETA
Global Labour Column | 28-Sep-2016
For decades, labour has been fighting purely defensive battles against the neo-liberal trade and investment agenda; we lack an agenda of our own. Lost ground will not be reclaimed on what is fundamentally hostile territory, argues Peter Rossmann of the IUF.
actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
CETA - Trading away democracy
TNI | 23-Sep-2016
How CETA’s investor protection rules could result in a boom of investor claims against Canada and the EU.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
CETA - La democracia en venta
TNI | 23-Sep-2016
Cómo las normas de protección de las inversiones en el ceta podrían generar un auge de demandas de inversores contra Canadá y la UE.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
CETA - Marchander la démocratie
CEO | 23-Sep-2016
Les règles de protection des investisseurs de l’AECG pourraient mener à l’explosion des poursuites d’investisseurs contre le Canada et l’Union européenne.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
’A threat to democracy, courts and public budgets’
Deutsche Welle | 21-Sep-2016
The EU-US free trade deal is controversial in Europe as it includes a mechanism that seeks to settle disputes between investors and states out of regular courts. DW examines the issue with law professor Gus Van Harten.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , TTIP
El TTIP tal vez esté muerto, pero nos espera algo peor
El Diario | 12-Sep-2016
Los gobiernos y los lobistas de las grandes corporaciones buscan nuevas formas de blindar la privatización y esquivar el proceso democrático.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
TAFTA/CETA : Les tribunaux d’arbitrage ne sont pas morts
AITEC | 10-Sep-2016
Alors que la France tente de sauver le CETA en torpillant momentanément le TAFTA/TTIP, 17 organisations européennes rappellent les dangers de l’arbitrage d’investissement tel qu’il est proposé dans les deux traités.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , TTIP
EU Parliament ICS opinion ignores legal pitfalls
Client Earth | 7-Sep-2016
Highly controversial investor rules in the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) led the EU Parliament to ask its legal service whether they were compatible with EU law, and the analysis has just been published.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
EU members unsure how to apply CETA, 2 months from signing
CBC | 20-Aug-2016
Leaked meeting notes posted earlier this month by ’Politico Europe’ suggest that as recently as July 15, countries couldn’t agree on what parts of the agreement should apply when.
Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS