Juncker tasks Timmermans on special courts in EU-US trade deal

Incoming EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker told MEPs he is tasking his 'first vice-president', Frans Timmermans to "advise" him on so-called investor-state dispute settlement arrangements in the EU-US free trade deal under negotiation. ISDS clauses are common in free trade deals, but they are seen as 'special courts' favouring businesses.

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