The CETA agreement could be with us as early as May 13th and is a far more pressing danger than the TTIP even if it is far less well known. The following is a list of documents useful to those of us keen to know its implications, it’s from a mostly Canadian perspective, but it’ll be quicker to read than the entire 1598 pages of the CETA agreement itself. We’re sure you can draw your own conclusions
An extensive and systematic analysis of the text, 128 pages long. “Making Sense of the CETA” An analysis of the final text of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Scott Sinclair, Stuart Trew, Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/making-sense-ceta
Covers all the essentials you need to know about ISDS, and in some depth.
“CETA: Trading away democracy”
Full study available in EN, FR, DE
Executive summary available in 18 languages (!)
http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/11/ceta-trading-away-democracy
Very short, two page analysis of the CETA regulatory cooperation chapter.
“CETA Regulatory Co-operation – A ‘business-friendliness test” for new regulations and human rights”
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_mHgv8IiPV-SnZDOFVvRmpJZ28
A discussion of the implications of the Intellectual property Rights chapter of CETA, includes patents, data protection and financial implications
“CETA and pharmaceuticals: impact of the trade agreement between Europe and Canada on the costs of prescription drugs”, 2014
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/10/1/30
Short and generalised explainer of CETA from the left bloc of MEP’s, the GUE/NGL
// General analysis of CETA on GUE website (EN, December 2014) http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/in-the-news/ceta
Trade with Europe but not at any cost: poll
http://canadians.org/publications/report-trade-europe-not-any-cost
CETA and Corporate Lobbying
http://canadians.org/sites/default/files/publications/CETA-corporations-1010.pdf
Fact Sheet: CETA and Water:
http://canadians.org/content/factsheet-ceta-and-water-turning-public-good-private-profits
CETA and Comic Books
http://canadians.org/trade/documents/CETA/CETA_ten.pdf (Trade Justice Network) in EN and FR
Free Trade is Fracking With Our Future
http://canadians.org/content/free-trade-fracking-out-future
Briefing: Keep Europe Out of the Tar Sands!
http://canadians.org/trade/documents/CETA/briefing-CETA-tarsands.pdf
Report: The CETA Deception – How the Harper government’s public relations campaign misrepresents the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Legal Opinion: Potential Impacts of CETA on Pace of Oil Sands:
http://canadians.org/sites/default/files/publications/legal-opinion-CETA-tarsands.pdf
Factsheet: Yes to Europe, No to CETA
http://canadians.org/content/factsheet-yes-europe-no-ceta
Making Sense of CETA (CCPA)
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/making-sense-ceta
ISDS in CETA and in TTIP: (CCPA)
Implications of the Canada-EU CETA for municipal governments – See more at: CCPA
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/implications-canada-eu-ceta-municipal-governments#sthash.5mKFwNXK.dpuf
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/search/site/ceta?page=5
CETA will result in higher drug costs for Canadians: study CCPA
CETA and Pharmaceuticals (CCPA)
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/ceta-and-pharmaceuticals
Tar Sands and the CETA
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/tar-sands-and-ceta (CCPA)
Council of Canadians Toolkit for municipalities:
http://canadians.org/ceta-toolkit
CETA mythbusting guide:
http://canadians.org/btn-ceta-myth-busting-guide
Trade Justice Network Argument Kit on CETA:
Gus Van Harten
A Report on the Flawed Proposals for Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in TTIP and CETA
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2595189
Gus Van Harten A Parade of Reforms: The European Commission’s Latest Proposal for ISDS
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2603077
Good luck!
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