Childers demands removal of controversial dispute settlement clause from TTIP talks

The Independent MEP Nessa Childers is
demanding the removal of a controversial clause from the EU-US trade talks. The
European Parliament postponed a debate and a vote this morning on the EU’s negotiating
position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks known as
TTIP.  MEPs are divided over whether
or not a controversial investor protection clause known as an ISDS [Investor
State Dispute Settlement] should be included in the agreement. Nessa Childers
is one of the MEPs who wants it removed entirely from the talks.
 

Out words: issues there

Dur:  00:30 

MEPs in dispute over TTIP talks – Carthy

Divisions among members of the European
Parliament over certain aspects of the EU-US trade talks have led to a
postponement of a debate and vote on TTIP today. The MEPs were supposed to vote
today on the EU’s negotiating position on the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership talks between the EU and the US. But divisions among
MEPs within the Parliament’s second-biggest block led to the postponement.
There’s disquiet in Europe over a controversial investor protection clause
known as an ISDS [Investor State Dispute Settlement clause] being negotiated.
The Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy who’s opposed to a TTIP deal, says the inclusion
of an ISDS agreement would be ‘unacceptable’.
 

Out words: on profit

Dur: 00:36