The European Commission has denied that it is using the negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to weaken financial regulation for the benefit of financial institutions.
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According to a leaked document, the EU is bent on using the TTIP negotiations with the US to get an agreement on financial regulation that, according to this analysis by Kenneth Haar of Corporate Europe…
A request to launch a citizen’s initiative concerning TTIP and CETA was rejected by the European Commission on 10 September. The EC refuses to register the initiative because they consider that it falls outside its…
In the last few years, several SOMO researchers have studied these subjects of the TTIP negotiations. TTIP further explained by SOMO researcher Myriam Vander Stichele As more than one third of the total global trade…
The European Parliament’s committee on international trade has passed a resolution today that expresses support for TTIP, the trade treaty with the US that the EU is currently negotiating. SOMO, TNI, Both ENDS and Friends…
Corporations are regularly using secretive corporate courts to undermine the ability of countries to pass effective tax legislation, according to a new report, Taxes on trial: How trade deals threaten tax justice. The report warns…
TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) is a free-trade agreement that has gained much attention in Europe in the past year – not least in the Netherlands. Growing numbers of people are concerned about…
On Saturday 11 October, the European Day of Action, people in 400 European cities protested against the much-discussed free trade agreement between Europe and the US, TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). Meanwhile, over 500,000…
The Netherlands celebrates 60 years of bilateral investment treaties on 23 May. In 1963, the Netherlands concluded its first treaty with Tunisia. These treaties should play an important role in protecting foreign investments by Dutch…
The Dutch government will not have to pay damages to energy giants RWE and Uniper, a Dutch court in The Hague ruled today. The energy companies had filed claims of EUR 1.4 billion and EUR…