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

Germany’s most powerful trade union grouping to join protest against trans-Atlantic trade pact
11-Jun-2015 Associated Press
A powerful grouping of German trade unions says it will help organize protests this fall against a planned trans-Atlantic free trade pact.
Divided EU lawmakers postpone vote on US trade deal
10-Jun-2015 Reuters
The European Parliament failed on Tuesday to agree a unified stance on a proposed trade deal with the United States, postponing a vote that was meant to cement its support for the biggest accord of its kind.
Lying to get ISDS through the European Parliament
9-Jun-2015 EurActiv
BusinessEurope, and especially its Director General, should be factual and truthful when lobbying the European Parliament on ISDS and TTIP, argue Bart Staes and Molly Scott Cato.
2 million sign European Citizens’ Initiative against EU-US trade deal
8-Jun-2015 Stop TTIP
The European Citizens’ Initiative “Stop TTIP” has reached a new record number of signatures a few days ahead of a critical vote on TTIP in the European Parliament.
The trouble with TTIP
7-Jun-2015 Vimeo
A documentary about the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade talks being held between the European Union and the United States of America.
Alternative summit offers ideas for trade agreements, G7, amid 40,000 protesters
5-Jun-2015 IP Watch
Just days before leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) industrialised countries gather in the well-guarded Bavarian Castle Elmau, a broad coalition of organisations invited free trade critics to an International Summit for Alternatives in Munich.
American and German unions reject ISDS
5-Jun-2015 EurActiv
Union leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have called for TTIP negotiators to drop extra-legal arbitration systems from any future trade deal. They believe existing judicial systems offer adequate protection to investors. EurActiv France reports.
Parliament’s TTIP vote in limbo
4-Jun-2015 EurActiv
Next week’s vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is in question, after the Socialists and Democrats backed down from a deal with the European People’s Party.
Matthias Fekl: ‘The EU should have its own arbitration court’
3-Jun-2015 EurActiv
France’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Matthias Fekl, delivered a proposal for TTIP arbitration reform in Brussels yesterday, in which he recommended the creation of a European court to settle trade disputes.
EU arts policies could lead to ISDS lawsuits, admits German government
3-Jun-2015 Ars Technica UK
The German federal government has admitted that an EU country’s arts policies could lead to it being sued by foreign corporations before investor tribunals under trade agreements being negotiated with Canada and the US.
UN experts voice concern over adverse impact of free trade and investment agreements on human rights
3-Jun-2015 OHCHR
A group of UN experts have issued the following statement to express concern about the secret nature of drawing up and negotiating many of these free trade and investment agreements, such as TPP and TTIP, and the potential adverse impact of these agreements on human rights.
MEPs call for safeguard clause in TTIP to protect EU farmers
2-Jun-2015 Farmers Weekly
The EU should be able to close markets to specific US agricultural goods if an increase in imports threatened to cause serious harm to domestic food production, say MEPs.
INTA Report "Recommendations to the European Commission on TTIP"
1-Jun-2015 European Parliament
The European Parliament’s INTA Committee has recently voted on a recommendations for the European Commission regarding the TTIP negotiations.
Trade deal warning over EU exit
1-Jun-2015 Belfast Telegraph
Norway says TTIP could cause "issues" for UK if it pulls out of EU
The hidden costs of trade treaties
29-May-2015 Zeit
The free trade treaties with Canada (CETA) and the United States (TTIP) are not threatening European standards, the negotiators in Brussels assure us. Yet environmental and food safety regulations have already been weakened.
The EESC opposes ISDS in TTIP and CETA and calls for an International Investment Court
29-May-2015 EESC
The European Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion adopted on 27 May, opposes the inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) or in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), as it believes such a system has the potential to derail both agreements.
MEPs take initial position on TTIP negotiations
28-May-2015 BBC
The resolution supported by the committee does not explicitly call for a ban on controversial investor-to-state dispute mechanisms (ISDS), instead calling for the jurisdiction of national courts to be "respected" in the deal.
TTIP – now it gets political
26-May-2015 New Internationalist
In a series of forthcoming votes, the European Parliament and US Congress are turning their attention to an agreement that is becoming more toxic with every passing day.
EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal
25-May-2015 The Guardian
EU moves to regulate hormone-damaging chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility were shelved following pressure from US trade officials over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade deal, newly released documents show.
Action: Call on MEPs to firmly reject special rights for foreign investors!
25-May-2015 NO 2 ISDS!
Join this e-action on the European Parliament, asking MEPs to pledge that they will reject ISDS in TTIP. The action is going to run until the vote in the plenary on 10 June and is available in 9 languages.