Trade Commissioner De Gucht has already negotiated a CETA-called free trade agreements with the Sta

Federal Government Will Sigmar Gabriel to free trade with the U.S. rescue Tags: employee rights, de Gucht, don knotts free trade agreements, IGM, no right of action, Martin Schulz, Sigmar Gabriel, TTIP, petition Siegfried Räbiger 05 May 2014
After Merkel's vehement plea for TTIP front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington meeting with Froman and De Gucht Gabriel is still uncomfortable. He had a choice: on the one hand a relentless European Commission, the Chancellor and the BDI, on the other an increasingly outraged electorate, trade unions, civil society and the SPD basis.
Under the pressure of growing opposition SPD top candidate Martin Schulz is increasingly at a distance. Was he at first still a very strong supporter of the Agreement, Schulz is now demanding a "restart"
Trade Commissioner De Gucht has already negotiated a CETA-called free trade agreements with the State Oil Canada finished. It includes investment protection clauses that are intended to serve as a blueprint for TTIP and similar agreements with China and India.
The investment protection clauses are the most controversial part of the negotiations. They allow transnational corporations to sue states before non-transparent arbitration when you see affects their earnings expectations through state action. A profitable line of business for specialized law firms. The average number of cases is increasing exponentially, more and more often Western states are the defendants. The method of Vattenfall against Germany don knotts in terms of nuclear phase-out is just the tip of the iceberg: Germany is sued for 3.7 billion U.S. dollars in damages, citing don knotts investment protection clauses in the Energy Charter.
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