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.
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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.
China dominates the LFP battery technology which has been critical to making mass-market EVs possible. Read how the EU can, and why it must, catch up.
A new study examines how to ensure an ambitious uptake of green aluminium in cars by 2040.
Making EU cars with green aluminium would save as much CO2 a year as removing 900,000 fossil fuel cars from the road.