Voting on Free Trade Agreement with the USA The Parliament has agreed to the motion for a resolution concerning the free trade agreement between the EU und USA with a majority of the conservatives, socio-democrats and liberals thereby giving the Commission the green light for negotiations. We Greens could neither…

Report "Trade and Development" The Report "Trade and Development" by the conservative rapporteur Saifi has been approved by the INTA-Committee. We managed to put through some important points: - For the first time the parliament claims binding provisions concerning company's social responsibility. - Furthermore, human rights provisions in trade agreements…

Investor to State Dispute Settlement As suggested by the European Parliament, the Commission has submitted a proposal for a regulation for managing the financial responsibility between EU and member states in investor to state dispute settlements. Since the Lisbon Treaty the EU has the competence on investment and there is…

Als die Blockade in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) vor einigen Jahren offensichtlich wurde, einigten sich EU-HandelsstrategInnen auf einen Plan B. Erklärtes Ziel der EU ist es seitdem, mit möglichst vielen Ländern bilaterale Freihandelsabkommen abzuschließen – aus Angst im Wettlauf um die besten Marktzugänge abgehängt zu werden. Obwohl sich die EU-Kommission offiziell…