The European Commission has launched three months of public consultations about a planned EU-U.S. trade deal to allay concerns that it will undermine EU members’ rights to set laws on public safety or the environment.
[…] Consumer and environmental groups and some EU lawmakers have been particularly critical of investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS), a provision allowing foreign companies to bring claims against a country if it breaches a trade treaty.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/uk-eu-us-trade-idUKBREA0K10120140121