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

TTIP or the disintegration of the EU
10-Mar-2015 Estrella Digital
Ecologistas en Acción and ‘No al TTIP’ consider that the EU-US trade agreement will mean reductions in labor rights and these will be justified by “cost reduction based on the anti-trade union policy of the US – that has not ratified ILO conventions – and on labor reforms imposed by the Troika”.
The TTIP will lead to 600 000 job losses in the EU
8-Mar-2015 No al TTIP
A study presented in the European Parliament predicted that the controversial agreement that Brussels and Washington are negotiating behind closed doors would bring about losses in jobs, economic capacity, salaries as well as exports.
Hungary will not back any EU-US trade deal that impairs court authority: PM
6-Mar-2015 Reuters
Hungary will not support any trade agreement between the United States and the European Union that impairs the jurisdiction of Hungarian courts in trade disputes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
EP: Socialists and Democrats restate objection to private tribunals in trade deals
4-Mar-2015 S&DGroup
Today the Socialist and Democrats Group in the European Parliament adopted a very strong position paper on Investor-State Dispute Settlements, opposing the inclusion of the controversial mechanism in trade deals with both the US and Canada.
TTIP and the push for a new global economic order
4-Mar-2015
A lot of protest has arisen against the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in recent times, and rightly so. For those who take a good look at the available negotiating documents realize that it is about a lot more than granting Access to our markets for chlorine chickens and hormone-infested beef, or the abolition of our committees for Security and Hygiene in the work environment. This is about something bigger. It’s about the continuation and the imposition of the neoliberal agenda. It is about laying the bricks for a hegemonic worldview for the coming decennia.
European trade policy at an impasse
4-Mar-2015 DIE
With all eyes on TTIP, we are losing sight of the real challenges for Europe emerging in the Asia-Pacific economic region, argues Axel Berger
UPDATE: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy
27-Feb-2015 RLS
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung have today released an updated version of their publication on TTIP by John Hilary.
Hungarian government, parties divided on EU-USA free trade talks
27-Feb-2015 HUngary Today
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
France makes U-turn on TTIP arbitration
27-Feb-2015 EurActiv
In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.
Are mega-trade agreements a threat to Brazil?
27-Feb-2015 EconoMonitor
Bilateral trade agendas with both US and EU may become a way for Brazil to mitigate the negative potential impacts of TTIP and TTP, argues a former World Bank official.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft services & investment offer (Feb 2015)
26-Feb-2015 BBC
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TTIP: Transatlantic trade deal text leaked to BBC
26-Feb-2015 BBC
A leaked draft of what the European Union wants excluded from a new trade deal with the United States has been obtained by the BBC.
TTIP talks: EP committees discuss their recommendations for negotiators
25-Feb-2015 European Parliament
The European Parliament’s development committee calls on the Commission to make an independent study of TTIP’s impact on developing countries “once the provisions of TTIP are clearer”.
German Social Democrats fear free trade
24-Feb-2015 Deutsche Welle
Support for the TTIP free trade agreement with the US is waning further among Germany’s Social Democrats, DW reports
EU: Turkey’s concerns over TTIP ‘legitimate’
24-Feb-2015 World Bulletin
The EU’s trade chief, Cecilia Malmstrom, said Monday that Turkey has “legitimate” concerns over the ongoing EU-US free trade talks and promised to keep Ankara informed on almost every step during the negotiations.
European Left united to reform international arbitration tribunals
24-Feb-2015 Le Monde
Rather than abandoning completely the TTIP/TAFTA negotiations (and their little cousin CETA, an agreement between Canada and the EU) which is what a good part of civil society are calling for, the European Left wants to thoroughly reform this arbitral mechanism to limits its abuses.
US, EU agriculture leaders try to ease trade concerns
23-Feb-2015 Farm Futures
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack shared the stage with his counterpart EU commissioner Phil Hogan at the US Department of Agriculture’s annual Outlook Forum and discussed TTIP.
How EU-US trade deal could thwart “boycott Israel” campaign
20-Feb-2015 Electronic Intifada
Two members of the US Congress have introduced a bill that would turn a giant trade deal between the EU and US into a devastating weapon against the people of Palestine and all those seeking justice alongside them.
III Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean network of social movements and entities against the abusive exploitation of fossil fuels: Barcelona, ​​7-8 March 2015
19-Feb-2015 Enkrateia Project
This meeting will enable us to improve the coordination of our European network and study its joint strategy in 2015, a year in which the TTIP/CETA/TISA/ISDS will be on the political agenda throughout much of Europe.
Corporate coup d’état: Those crappy trade deals
18-Feb-2015 Counter Punch
The corporate media would prefer that people know nothing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other trade deals.