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)

CCPA | 10-Apr-2019
Many countries have become wary of the system and are restructuring or terminating their investment agreements. This is the ambience in which the Court of Justice will decide whether the CETA is compatible with EU law.
Sud Info | 27-Mar-2019
C’est le 30 avril prochain que la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne rendra son avis concernant la compatibilité avec le droit de l’UE du système d’arbitrage prévu dans l’accord commercial entre l’Union et le Canada (CETA).
CNCD-11.11.11 | 8-Mar-2019
“Vous pourrez réglementer mais parfois vous devrez payer”. avait prononcé un représentant du gouvernement canadien concernant le CETA.
Client Earth | 15-Feb-2019
This critical analysis of the AG’s Opinion will quickly recall the background and implications of the case before commenting on the most controversial points of the AG’s reasoning.
Reuters | 29-Jan-2019
The EU-Canada free trade deal’s provisions on investor protection are in line with EU law, a senior court adviser said in a recommendation to the European Court of Justice.
L’Echo | 29-Jan-2019
Le traité commercial avec le Canada est compatible avec le droit de l’Union, estime l’avocat général de la Cour de Justice de l’UE.
European Papers | 15-Jan-2019
If the European Court of Justice applied in Opinion 1/17 the same test it used in Achmea, it would probably conclude that the CETA tribunal is not compatible with EU law.
Friends of the Earth Europe | 24-Sep-2018
Our analysis of the leaked draft code of conduct of CETA tribunals reveals that the same people known as ISDS arbitrators and counsellors will now take over CETA tribunals.
IISD | 9-May-2018
A decision by the Federal Court of Canada should spell the end of the NAFTA renegotiation on the investment Chapter of NAFTA, and ignite a renegotiation of the investment chapters of the Canada-EU trade agreement and the CPATPP.