CIAO DATE: 03/2015
October 2014
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The TTIP and its ISDS provisions have come under pressure from countries that have embraced free trade agreements and investment protection, most notably Germany. The new political environment in Germany entails a major hazard for the agreement and will likely compel the sacrifice of ISDS to save its substance.
Resource link: Germany, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and investment-dispute settlement: Observations on a paradox [PDF] - 187K