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S Korea to review free trade accord with EU
28-Jun-2016 SME Times
The South Korean government said that it will review the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with the European Union (EU) following Britain’s exit from the bloc.
European Union and Japan give green light for trade deal
27-May-2016 Middlewich Guardian
In talks at the G7 summit in Japan, leaders agreed to instruct negotiators to work to an accelerated timetable which could see the EU-Japan deal concluded as early as this autumn and come into effect next year.
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.
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
Farming risks being used as bargaining chip in EU trade deals
20-Apr-2016 Farmers Weekly
Concern is mounting that agriculture could be used as a bargaining chip in two large free-trade deals currently being negotiated by the EU.
TTIP means no way back for UK steel industry
31-Mar-2016 War on Want
The projected impacts of EU-US trade deal the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the UK metals sector means there is no way the government will be able to save the steel industry
I am an artist and I want to stop TTIP
15-Feb-2016 Huffington Post
Artists Against TTIP wants to work with actors, writers and directors to make films that help more and more people understand what TTIP is - and how toxic it is to our health, our environment and our democracy.
This secret UK-Eurotunnel tribunal reveals something disturbing about refugees and TTIP
3-Feb-2016 The Independent
Other infamous examples of ISDS include Philip Morris, the tobacco giant, suing the Australian government for introducing plain cigarette packaging
Anger as government blocks TTIP legal documents relating to health service
27-Jan-2016 The Guardian
Business secretary refuses to disclose advice that could show how private health firms might sue government under US-Europe trade deal.
Here is how TTIP threatens small businesses in the UK
20-Jan-2016 The Independent
As 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year I am firmly against TTIP and the strain it will place on home grown business owners.
UK businesses say “no” to EU-US trade deal
18-Jan-2016 Business Against TTIP
Leading UK business owners launched Business Against TTIP - a business-led initiative and response to the serious dangers posed to UK businesses by a new EU-US trade deal.
Why we should all be worried about our BITs – or at least what foreign investors are doing with them
4-Dec-2015 Open Democracy UK
Britain’s role, not just with TTIP, seems to be that of facilitating and encouraging excessive corporate power over governments all around the world.
Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food
27-Nov-2015 War on Want
’Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food’ features the testimony of a mother whose daughter died from eating contaminated meat and comments by a government meat inspector and others in the food industry.
India should press for separate FTA with UK as deal with EU remains in limbo: Assocham
13-Nov-2015 Siasat
As negotiations for a Broad-Based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement with the European Union is heading nowhere, India should press for a separate Free Trade Agreement with Britain
U.S. trade czar says Britain would lose on trade outside the EU
29-Oct-2015 Reuters
The United States is not keen on pursuing a separate free trade deal with Britain if it leaves the European Union
UK Court refers Western Sahara imports case to EU Court
23-Oct-2015 WSRW
In refering the case on the questionable legality of UK imports from Western Saharan products to the European Court of Justice, the UK Judge stated that "there is an arguable case of a manifest error by the [European] Commission in understanding and applying international law relevant to these agreements.”
All 56 SNP MPs sign motion expressing major concerns about TTIP
28-Sep-2015 The National
Campaigners against the big-business deal TTIP have welcomed the signing of a Commons motion raising major concerns about it by all 56 SNP MPs.
Local councils tearing strips off TTIP
13-Sep-2015 New Internationalist
Politicians in both Brussels and Westminster have taken great pains to try and brush off people’s many concerns about the toxic trade deal being pushed through by the EU and the United States.
Warning: TTIP could be hazardous to your health
3-Sep-2015 Journal of Public Health
In the case of TTIP, the Faculty of Public Health has identified numerous risks to public health and potential conflicts with the policies called for in its recent manifesto.
Local councils are starting to tear strips off TTIP
31-Aug-2015 Global Justice Now
In the UK and across Europe, TTIP Free Zones are popping up like people power mushrooms.