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AK, ÖGB and DGB have published four new brochures on the trade and investment agreement between EU and Canada.Each folder deals with one of the following subjects:

CETA – NO PRIVILIGED RIGHTS TO SUE STATES FOR CORPORATIONS
Main criticism of many new trade agreements, which the EU is currently negotiating, is the privileged rights for corporations to sue states.

CETA – LABOUR STANDARDS NOT ON THE AGENDA
The eight ILO Core Labour Standards have to be ratified, transposed into national law and effectively applied.

CETA – PUBLIC SERVICES UNDER PRESSURE
Security of supply, jobs and quality of public services are at stake.

CETA – REGULATORY COOPERATIONS JEOPARDISES OUR DEMOCRACY AND STANDARDS
Democratic deficit - parliaments are ignored. Regulatory cooperation between the EU and Canada will be held in transatlantic forums