Three More Reasons Why We Need To Stop CETA – TTIP By The Backdoor
By Nick Dearden – Last week I
joined activists and campaigners from across the globe who came to
Canada for the World Social Forum. A major topic of discussion was the
problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them.
For us in Europe the big one is now CETA – the Canada-EU trade deal (formally the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement) which could become law as early as next year. Unless we stop it.
Our allies from across Europe and Canada gave some strong reasons for us to get more active on CETA.
1. CETA really is TTIP by the backdoor.
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Many US corporations now operate in Canada because the two economies
have been heavily integrated since the signing of another big trade deal
20 years ago, NAFTA. The infamous corporate court system – which allows
foreign corporations to sue governments for pretty much anything they
don’t like – is in CETA just as its in TTIP. It’s a somewhat reformed
version in CETA, but not reformed enough to stop any of the cases we don’t likesuch as countries being sued for protecting the environment, introducing social protection in regulation etc.
