16.09.2014 - 09:07 [ Techdirt ]

European Commission Denies EU Public Right To Express Views On TAFTA/TTIP And CETA

One of the most glaring problems with TAFTA/TTIP is the lack of input from the public in whose name it is being negotiated. The great interest in providing feedback on the agreement can be seen from the one occasion when it was possible to voice an opinion — the European Commission‘s consultation on the inclusion of a corporate sovereignty chapter. And yet, even though an unprecedented 150,000 responses were received — the vast majority of which were against any kind of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) measures — a top European politician recently announced that there are no plans to take ISDS out of CETA, the almost-finished trade agreement between the EU and Canada that represents a kind of warm-up for TAFTA/TTIP.