News from the Committee on International Trade: July 2015

1. TTIP Resolution: Socialist MEPs support ISDS under pressure from EP President Martin Schulz

With debate still raging in the European Parliament on the proposals for an EU-US trade partnership and private arbitration courts (Investor-state dispute settlement/ISDS), the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has pressured German and Spanish MEPs from the...

News from the Committee on International Trade: June 2015

TTIP: The vote and the debate on the parliament's report on TTIP have been postponed

Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, has postponed the vote on a parliamentary report on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement `TTIP´. It  created a stir in the plenary. Officially, the postponement was justified by the large number of amendments. In addition, at...

TiSA international services agreement: Leak reveals major interference in European regulation

PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 4 June 2015

Yesterday, Wikileaks released 17 secret texts of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations (1), including annexes covering a wide range of issues and sectors but also a document on member states exceptions from the liberalisation requirement. The leak came on the same day as ministers discussed TiSA at an annual OECD...

Commission continues to wriggle around controversial investor dispute mechanism debate

EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström will attend the European Parliament's trade committee today and present preliminary proposals for reforming the controversial investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the context of trade agreements. Commenting on the meeting and leaked drafts of the proposal, Greens/EFA vice-president and international investment...

Publishing mandate overdue but fails to address transparency concerns

 Press Release: Services trade agreement (TISA)

The EU negotiating mandate for the negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) was today published by the council of EU foreign ministers, two years after negotiations began (1). Commenting on the mandate, Greens/EFA trade spokesperson and vice-president Ska Keller said:

"While the belated transparency on...

Skas speech on the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement

The new trade agreement between the EU and Ecuador shows how trade is NOT working for development. The EU forces a new generation of trade agreements upon developing countries that do not work for their benefit. We need a new approach to trade, because trade can work for development!

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Skas speech on the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement

The new trade agreement between the EU and Ecuador shows how trade is NOT working for development. The EU forces a new generation of trade agreements upon developing countries that do not work for their benefit. We need a new approach to trade, because trade can work for development!

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INTA Spotlight - The latest from the Committee on International Trade

European Court of Auditors criticises the Directorate General for Trade

During the meeting of the Committee on International Trade, the European Court of Auditors criticised the economic model used by the Commission for impact assessment analyses. It was as well used forfree-trade agreement with the US, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) because...

Skas New Video - Stop TTIP!

With TTIP, TiSA and CETA, our rights as citizens and as consumers are traded away. But the pressure from the outside is working and will work. We have stopped ACTA before and we can stop TTIP. Watch our new video 

We need to end tax evasion now - Why I am not in favour of censuring the commission

A coalition made of right-wing populists and right-wing extremists tabled a resolution of censure against Jean-Claude Juncker and the entire European Commission. When Juncker was the prime minister of Luxemburg, his government facilitated the tax evasion of big companies. However, it is not the time for the Commission to resign. Juncker hast to act first. We Greens have...