Lange Faces Pushback From MEPs For Saying ISDS Not Needed In TTIP
European Parliament International Trade Committee (INTA) Chairman Bernd Lange is facing some pushback to language he has proposed in a draft parliamentary resolution on the U.S.-EU free trade talks saying that an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism is not necessary in the deal. INTA members David Campbell Bannerman and Marietje Schaake were critical of the notion that ISDS in TTIP could be replaced with state-to-state dispute settlement, saying that there's no guarantee that investors would be treated in a non-discriminatory...