Trade

How is big business using the EU's trade and investment agreements to sideline people, planet and democracy?

Manifesto: Keep the farm TTIP- and CETA-free!

23.01.2017

Dozens of farmers groups and civil society organisations from across Europe have signed the Manifesto "Keep the farm TTIP- and CETA-free".

Civil society calls on European Parliament environment committee to reject CETA

11.01.2017

Trade unions and environmental organisations are calling on the European Parliament's environmental committee to reject the controversial EU-Canada trade deal CETA, which could undermine EU environmental and public health standards.

EU trade deals

European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA

28.11.2016

Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada today published an open letter urging legislators to vote against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They joined forces to defend people and planet against the threats posed by the EU-Canada agreement.

EU trade deals

The great CETA swindle

16.11.2016

The EU-Canada trade deal CETA continues to draw heavy criticism. Behind the PR attempts to sell it as a progressive agreement - including recent declarations designed to reassure critics and gain support for its ratification - CETA remains what it always has been: an attack on democracy, workers, and the environment. It would be a major mistake to ratify it.

EU trade deals

TTIP: The ultimate corporate trade treaty

14.10.2016

There are many potential winners of the awards for the worst lobbyist on TTIP, probably the most corporate dominated trade negotiations in history.

EU trade deals

The sting in the trade deal tail: corporations push for rights to sue governments

03.10.2016

Business lobby groups are pushing hard for investor-state dispute settlement in TTIP and similar trade deals. If successful, this would expand the ability of corporations to sue governments in response to policies that allegedly limit their profits. Especially laws to protect human health and the environment would be on the line.

EU trade deals

A new study analyses the EU-Canada trade deal CETA

27.09.2016

CETA is a sweeping trade deal restricting public policy options in areas as diverse as intellectual property rights, government procurement, food safety, financial regulation, the temporary movement of workers, domestic regulation and public services, to name just a few of the topics explored in this analysis.

Brexit

Europe: democracy or bust

05.07.2016

CEO presents some first reflections on the UK's vote for Brexit.

Brexit

How Cameron delivered victories to Big Finance

15.06.2016

From the day a referendum on UK membership of the EU was first announced in 2013, the financial sector started using Cameron’s re-negotiation process to promote its deregulatory agenda. Sometimes lobbying was required, but more often the UK government did its work for them.

Brexit

Lobbying on the UK referendum: a freedom of information black hole

15.06.2016

In the run up to the UK referendum on EU membership on 23 June, Corporate Europe Observatory has tabled a series of freedom of information requests to find out how UK finance lobbies have been influencing the referendum negotiations and the Capital Markets Union. But the Brexit-Bremain referendum seems to be a freedom of information black hole.