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TTIP: Big business and US to have major say in EU trade deals, leak reveals
21-Mar-2016 The Independent
Document obtained by campaign group shows legislation will be influenced before it reaches European Parliament
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft good regulatory practices chapter (EU proposal, February 2016)
14-Mar-2016 Lobby Control
As leaked by Lobby Control
Latest round of TTIP talks boost momentum
10-Mar-2016 EurActiv
Progress was made in the latest round of TTIP talks, but negotiators have a long way to go if the deal is to be signed before Barack Obama leaves office.
France sees the EU-Canada agreement as a ‘template’ for TTIP
9-Mar-2016 EurActiv
Paris would like to “copy-paste” key passages from the EU-Canada free trade agreement, concluded this week, particularly those relating to the arbitration court that is such a controversial issue in Europe.
PACER Plus trade deal suffers a blow after PNG objections
8-Mar-2016 Radio Australia
PNG’s concerns about the current text on PACER-Plus makes common sense. Adam Wolfenden is from the Pacific Network on Globalisation, a group which has been critical of the deal explains.
United States and Europe disagree on GM crops
3-Mar-2016 The Irish News
America, where GMOs have been in the human supply chain for more than two decades, want their currently banned crops to be imported into Europe.
India proposes informal forum to resolve RCEP issues
15-Feb-2016 The Economic Times
Keen on an expeditious conclusion of the biggest trade accord in Asia, India has proposed the creation of a forum for in formal resolution of prickly issues under the planned Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
The planned regulatory cooperation between the European Union and Canada and the USA according to the CETA and TTIP drafts
3-Feb-2016 AK
This legal opinion focuses on the institutionalized regulatory cooperation envisaged in CETA and TTIP.
Mexico and the European Free Trade Association to update free trade agreement
25-Jan-2016 Gobierno de México
The document, signed by the parties, establishes the terms for the negotiations to update and expand the FTA between Mexico and the EFTA.
Better Regulation, TTIP under the radar?
22-Jan-2016 EBB
The negotiations the EU are having with the US over TTIP would lead to new governance structures and procedures with a central objective of eliminating trade and investment barriers.
Why TTIP is stuck in the muck
20-Jan-2016 Politico
For TTIP to work, the EU needs to become more transparent.
Dangerous regulatory duet
19-Jan-2016 Corporate Europe Observatory
How transatlantic regulatory cooperation under TTIP will allow bureaucrats and big business to attack the public interest.
EU meets U.S. regulatory demands halfway with ’Better Regulation Agenda’
5-Jan-2016 World Trade Online
The European Commission’s new "Better Regulation Agenda" partially addresses U.S. demands in trans-Atlantic free trade talks for more transparency and opportunities for stakeholders to influence the crafting of EU rules.
TiSA: A framework for reregulating the global trade in services?
9-Dec-2015 Huffington Post
TiSA is currently being negotiated amongst a group of (mostly rich) countries, rather than amongst all countries.
Investment treaties and the internal vetting of regulatory proposals: a case study from Canada
9-Dec-2015 SSRN
The study focused on whether ISDS contributed to changes in internal vetting of government decisions related to environmental protection in the province of Ontario, Canada.
New Zealand, Australia ready to accelerate trade talks with the EU, ditch ISDS
8-Dec-2015 EurActiv
The EU has agreed to launch negotiations with New Zealand and Australia. The two countries are ready to speed up talks, and reach a deal in a reasonable timeframe.
Rights for business, not for people: the EU agenda
2-Dec-2015 Friends of the Earth Europe
This report explains how the European Union is aggressively pursuing special rights for businesses whilst hampering efforts to hold corporations responsible for the human rights violations they commit.
TTIP’s regulatory cooperation and the politics of ‘learning’
27-Nov-2015 Social Europe
The focus on the ISDS has diverted attention from another institutional development, namely, the equally important and equally dangerous ‘Regulatory Cooperation’.
TPPA vs tobacco control - the devil is in the details
13-Nov-2015 Malaysia Kini
Now that the whole text of the TPPA has been released, it appears the TPPA provides many avenues for the tobacco industry to thwart and frustrate government efforts to enact stronger measures.
US State legislators ‘shocked’ by EU trade deal implications
13-Nov-2015 TTIP2015.eu
Rules envisioned under TTIP could give EU officials power to interfere in US State affairs