With eleven EU Member States yet to ratify the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Commission proposed on Monday 29 August to clarify the details of the document. The aim is to give more precise definitions to the concepts of “indirect expropriation” and “fair and equitable treatment” for investors. It should also help prevent investors from abusing the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
The text is the result of discussions with Germany, which...