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11 February 2017

Please Write to Your MEPs About Next Week's Critical - and Final - CETA Vote

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Next Wednesday, the European Parliament will have its final vote on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement , or CETA. If you were h...
24 April 2016

TTIP Is Dying; Here's How to Help Finish It Off

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TTIP is dying : According to the research, "In the United States [today], opinion is split, with 15 percent in favour [of TTIP] and...
02 January 2016

TTIP Update III

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It's been fairly quiet on the TAFTA/TTIP front recently.  That's largely because Europe shuts down for its summer hols during Augus...

TTIP Update II

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As I noted in my first TTIP Update about the current negotiations between the EU and US over a massive trade agreement that is far from be...

The Rise and Fall of TTIP, As Told in 51 Updates

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This year will be make or break for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).  It is already years behind its original, ho...
08 May 2015

TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that undermines democracy

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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), sometimes known as the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), is currently ...
29 July 2014

The European Commission's Great TTIP Betrayal

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When the European Commission was laying the foundations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - TTIP, also known as T...
26 July 2014

In Response To Growing Protests, EU Pulls Corporate Sovereignty Chapter From TAFTA/TTIP To Allow For Public Consultation

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Here on Techdirt, we've been writing about the dangers of corporate sovereignty for a while. In recent months, more and more peopl...

Why Exactly Do We Need To 'Protect' US And EU Foreign Investments Through TAFTA/TTIP Anyway?

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Techdirt has already examined the issue of corporate sovereignty many times over the past year, as it has emerged as one of the most pro...

Does The Fast Track Authority Bill Guarantee That Corporate Sovereignty Will Be One-Sided And Unfair?

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Yesterday, Mike reported on the introduction of the "fast track authority" bill in the Senate, and pointed out some of its most...
25 July 2014

European Commission Admits It Plans To Put 'Corporate Christmas List' Of IP Demands Into TAFTA/TTIP

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A few months ago, we quoted the EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht , who is responsible for handling the TAFTA/TTIP negotiations on the...

TTIP Update VII

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In my last TTIP update , I wrote about a fascinating document that revealed the European Commission's PR strategy for handling TAFTA /...

TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs

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At the start of 2012 I began a series of posts about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - ACTA. These took the form of updates on how...

European Commissioner Claims 'Nothing Secret' About TAFTA/TTIP, Tries To Defend Corporate Sovereignty

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After lurking in the shadows for a few months, the mega transatlantic trade deal TAFTA/TTIP is starting to hit the mainstream media. Her...

Why Tribunals Imposing Corporate Sovereignty Are Even More Dangerous Than We Thought

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Back in October, we introduced the term " corporate sovereignty " as an alternative to the standard but misleading phrase &quo...
24 July 2014

European Commission Desperately Tries To Justify Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In TAFTA/TTIP; Fails Dismally

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Techdirt has been writing about corporate sovereignty (also known as investor-state dispute settlement -- ISDS) for a year now. Back in ...

Resistance Grows To Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)

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Remember CETA, the Canada-EU trade agreement, officially known as "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement"? You could be fo...

South Africa Plans To Terminate And Renegotiate Treaties That Include Corporate Sovereignty

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Despite the growing evidence that corporate sovereignty clauses in international treaties pose considerable risks to nations that sign...

How Much Does Gold-Plated Corporate Sovereignty Cost? $1 Billion Or About 2% Of A Developing Country's GDP

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Last week we wrote about the rising threat of corporate sovereignty , known more obscurely as "investor-state dispute settlement&quo...

Trade Agreements Are Designed To Give Companies Corporate Sovereignty

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One of the difficulties of making people aware of the huge impact that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses in TPP and TAFT...