Publications

Joint analysis of CETA’s Investment Court System (ICS)

June 29, 2016

A new report issued by T&E and other civil society NGOs analyses the investment court system included in the trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA). The report finds that the inclusion of such as system will undermine democracy, rule of law and environmental protection.

Foreign investors have increasingly used this system of arbitration to challenge environmental and climate mitigation regulations.

The EU member states and members of the European Parliament will have to decide if they want to ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement in the coming months. The report’s authors were Transport & Environment BEUC, EPHA, EEB and Client Earth.

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Cars

‘Absurd’ car industry demands the EU triggers crisis clause

September 13, 2024

Planes, Ships

Hungarian presidency seeks to exempt planes and ships from fuel tax for 20 years - T&E reaction

The Hungarian presidency is proposing to exempt aviation and shipping from fuel tax for the next 20 years. The text recommends that the EU, after 15 y...

September 10, 2024