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European Parliament Approves TTIP Resolution With ISDS Amendment

July 8, 2015 at 2:11 PM
The European Parliament on Wednesday (July 8) passed a resolution outlining its priorities in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that included a carefully worded amendment instructing the European Commission to replace investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) with a reformed construct for resolving such disputes. The resolution passed by a wide margin of 436-241, while the ISDS amendment passed 447-229. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom in a statement after the vote committed to following parliament's guidance on ISDS. “What today’s...

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