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TTIP

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU-US FTA), sometimes also called Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)

Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems
27-May-2016 IATP
The leaked TTIP text provides important insights into the direction of the trade talks, and raises alarm bells for advocates of fair and sustainable food and farming systems.
TTIP less consensual than it seems in Central and Eastern Europe
24-May-2016 Bordelex
Support for TTIP in Central and Eastern Europe, though it remains strong, is no longer as consensual as it used to be.
Local politics enters the global contest
23-May-2016 TNI
European municipalities join the battle against TTIP to protect sovereignty and public services, demonstrating how to take political initiative and build an alternative economy
Greece to block TTIP unless geographical indications are protected
16-May-2016 EurActiv
The Greek government is ready to veto the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the EU unless it ensures increased protection for key agricultural geographical indicators.
TTIP must die so the West can live
16-May-2016 Foreign Policy
Free-market evangelists say the U.S.-EU trade deal is essential to the future of transatlantic diplomacy. But dangerous economics could unravel centuries of partnership.
TTIP will damage public health and climate, says official report
16-May-2016 War on Want
The controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will have negative effects on public health, jobs and the climate, according to the official impact assessment.
Norwegian body seeks to ward off TTIP’s negative impact
11-May-2016 Global Meat News
Damage to Norway’s trade, due to the world’s largest free trade agreement, could be minimised if the country lowers its import tariff on agricultural products.
Polish agriculture ministry says ’no’ to TTIP
11-May-2016 Radio Poland
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will not agree to provisions that threaten Polish farmers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union and the US.
Tens of thousands protest TTIP in Rome
9-May-2016 Tele Sur
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the Roman streets to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Leaked TTIP documents: threats to regulatory protections
4-May-2016 Public Citizen
Europe, beware. The leaked TTIP text confirms that the United States is trying to export its failed regulatory model.
New EPSU working paper on CETA and TTIP: Potential impacts on health and social services
4-May-2016 EPSU
New working paper highlights the potential harmful impact of CETA and TTIP (and other trade and investment agreements) on healthcare and social services.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft text (April 2016)
3-May-2016 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
Why releasing text isn’t enough: behind the scenes of TTIP
3-May-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
As welcome as the leak is, it doesn’t fix these systemic flaws in the process of negotiating trade agreements such as TTIP and the TPP.
Leaked TTIP documents cast doubt on EU-US trade deal
1-May-2016 The Guardian
Greenpeace says internal documents show US attempts to lower or circumvent EU protection for environment and public health.
TTIP trade deal poses serious threat to EU farming
28-Apr-2016 Friends of the Earth Europe
The controversial trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could spell disaster for European farming, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe.
TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as ’environmental deterrent’
27-Apr-2016 The Guardian
US oil company wanted EU-US trade deal to give foreign investors the legal right to challenge government decision, documents show
TTIP: le gouvernement britannique ignore ses propres avertissements
26-Apr-2016 Sputnik
Les futurs tribunaux spéciaux qui régleront les litiges provoqués par le Traité transatlantique controversé TTIP présentent plus de risques que d’avantages pour les gouvernements européens.
Small business still waiting for TTIP breakthrough
26-Apr-2016 EU Observer
When it comes to permits and product licensing, the US is a patchwork of different rules and regulations. When selling within Europe, it is straightforward.
TTIP: UK Government found trade deal had ’lots of risk and no benefit’ in its only assessment
26-Apr-2016 The Independent
This stark warning against TTIP was disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request by anti-TTIP campaigners
European cities and regions rally to stop TTIP
26-Apr-2016 EU Observer
A network of European cities and regions have called on the EU to suspend current trade negotiations and to refrain from ratifying the recently finished EU-Canada trade agreement.