Panel Issues Strong Criticism of EU's Secret Free Trade Talks

Ljubljana, 6 October - An NGO-sponsored panel was very critical in Ljubljana on Monday of the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada and highlighted the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism as something that absolutely needs to be scrapped from the draft agreements.

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
An NGO Umanotera-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU's talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Head of the education trade union SVIZ Branimir Štrukelj.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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