Statement on Brussels round of TTIP negotations

Friends of the Earth opposes the TTIP investment chapter, asserting that investor-state arbitration would allow energy companies to sue governments over climate and environmental regulations, thereby protecting fossil fuel interests and threatening democratic decision-making.

• The United States is pushing for the inclusion of investor-state arbitration within the TTIP investment chapter, which would enable investors to claim unlimited monetary damages for the costs of adhering to public interest and environmental regulations, including those targeting climate change.
• Friends of the Earth U.S. contends that such a mechanism would act as a 'corporate power tool' allowing energy companies like Chevron to sue governments over regulations such as pollution controls, restrictions on oil and gas drilling, or limits on hydraulic fracturing, which would maintain fossil fuel dependence and lead to climate disaster.
• Friends of the Earth Europe describes the proposal to allow companies to sue governments over democratically agreed decisions that affect profits as a 'direct attack on democracy'.

APA

Fox, A. (2013). Statement on Brussels round of TTIP negotations. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/2013-11-statement-on-brussels-round-of-ttip-negotations/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. Statement on Brussels round of TTIP negotations. Friends of the Earth, 2013. https://foe.org/news/2013-11-statement-on-brussels-round-of-ttip-negotations/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Fox |first1=Audrey |title=Statement on Brussels round of TTIP negotations |publisher=Friends of the Earth |date=15 November 2013 |url=https://foe.org/news/2013-11-statement-on-brussels-round-of-ttip-negotations/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{fox2013statement, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{Statement on Brussels round of TTIP negotations}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://foe.org/news/2013-11-statement-on-brussels-round-of-ttip-negotations/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }