Germany threatens to reject EU-Canada free trade deal

Abstract:

EurActiv, the EU Law Blog and other sources reported on the 28 July 2014 that the planned EU/Canada free-trade agreement (CETA), which was due to be signed in September 2014, was potentially now in difficulty because the German government now objected to the inclusion of rules on investor/state dispute settlement.

This could have significant implications – for the EU/Canada trade deal, for the EU/USA agreement which was also under negotiation (TTIP), for the EU’s foreign trade and investment policy generally, and even for the possible UK withdrawal from the EU (‘Brexit’).

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU-US trade deal must have national approval, say MPs http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-us-trade-deal-must-have-national-approval-say-mps/

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 28.07.14: The EU/Canada free trade deal and disputes over investor protection: a silver lining or a cloud? http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-eucanada-free-trade-deal-and.html

ESO: Background information: EU and Canada conclude negotiations on trade deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-canada-conclude-negotiations-on-trade-deal/

EU: EEAS: Canada http://eeas.europa.eu/canada/index_en.htm

European Commission: DG Trade: Policy: Countries and Regions: Canada http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/canada/

EurActiv, 14.08.14: EU-Canada trade deal leak ‘ridicules’ TTIP consultation, campaigners say http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/eu-canada-trade-deal-leak-ridicules-ttip-consultation-307797

EUObserver, 18.08.14: What the leaked EU-Canada trade paper means for TTIP http://euobserver.com/news/125270

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