The claims that the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) is a gold standard for improving the everyday lives of citizens and safeguarding the planet are undermined by a non-binding chapter on sustainable development and by an arbitration system for settling disputes between investors and states that will give priority to the interests of business, say NGOs T&E and ClientEarth in an analysis published on Friday 18 November.
The CETA chapter on the environment does nothing to encourage the...