30.10.2014 - 16:37 [ naked capitalism ]

Germany Turning Sour on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

“My Commission will not accept that the jurisdiction of courts in the EU Member States be limited by special regimes for investor-to-state disputes. The rule of law and the principle of equality before the law must also apply in this context… There will be nothing that limits for the parties the access to national courts or that will allow secret courts to have the final say in disputes between investors and States.” (…)
This does not mean the TTIP is dead, but it is a serious blow.