Press Release: Report presented today: Consultation on investment protection in EU-US trade talks

On 13 January 2015 the European Commission published its analysis of the almost 150,000 replies to its online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

The Commission had asked the public for their views on a possible approach to protecting investments and settling investment-related disputes between private investors and governments. A key question in the consultation was whether the EU’s proposed approach for TTIP would achieve the right balance between protecting investors and safeguarding the EU’s right and ability to regulate in the public interest.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

European Commission: MEMO/15/3202, 13.01.15: Report on the online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-3202_en.htm

European Commission: Report on online public consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP), 13.01.15 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/january/tradoc_153044.pdf

EUObserver, 14.01.15: 'Huge scepticism' about EU-US talks, admits EU trade chief https://euobserver.com/news/127182

EurActiv, 13.01.15: ISDS decision delayed to end of TTIP talks http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/isds-decision-delayed-end-ttip-talks-311234

ESO: Background information: European Parliament committee signals opposition to ISDS http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-committee-signals-opposition-to-isds/

BBC News, 13.01.15: EU-US TTIP trade talks hit investor protection snag http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30798023

European Environmental Bureau, 13.01.15: Heed citizens' calls to drop investor protection from TTIP, say Commission advisors http://www.eeb.org/index.cfm/news-events/news/heed-citizense28099-calls-to-drop-investor-protection-from-ttip-say-commission-advisors/

The Independent, 13.01.15: TTIP: Activists triumph as contentious US free trade deal clause suspended http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ttip-activists-triumph-as-contentious-us-free-trade-deal-clause-suspended-9976090.html

EurActiv [Opinion], 13.01.15: Trading and being treated fairly: Why European industry needs investment protection http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/trading-and-being-treated-fairly-why-european-industry-needs-investment

EurActiv, 15.01.15: France and Germany to form united front against ISDS http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/france-and-germany-form-united-front-against-isds-311267

EUObserver [Analysis], 16.01.15: Passing the court of public opinion https://euobserver.com/political/127211

EurActiv, 20.01.15: No clear majority yet for US trade deal, says EU health chief http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/no-clear-majority-yet-us-trade-deal-says-eu-health-chief-311393

EurActiv, 23.01.15: TTIP is 'big bonanza' for developing countries, EU claims http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/ttip-big-bonanza-developing-countries-eu-claims-311507

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 29.01.15: TTIP: EU citizens speak out, but will their voices be heard? https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/kate-byron/ttip-eu-citizens-speak-out-but-will-their-voices-be-heard

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