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TTIP

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

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.
The secret business plan that could spell the end for SMEs
13-Feb-2015 SME Insider
While benefits of TTIP to big business are clear, SMEs seem set to lose out, reports SME Insider.
EU Commission sets out TTIP regulatory cooperation principles
13-Feb-2015 Chemical Watch
The European Commission has published the draft legal text for a chapter on general regulatory cooperation which it presented to the US during the latest round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), held last week in Brussels.
Germany: Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is unconstitutional
13-Feb-2015 Stop TTIP
A report authored by Prof. Dr. Siegfried Broß and recently published by the German Hans Böckler Stiftung concludes that the Investor-State-Dispute Settlement (ISDS) tribunals currently planned to be included in the TTIP and CETA free-trade agreements are not in accordance with Germany’s constitution.
AIPAC behind new US/EU trade legislation designed to thwart BDS
12-Feb-2015 Mondoweiss
AIPAC is behind the draft US legislation that would make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated between the US and EU conditional on whether the EU takes action to stop BDS, according to US sources.
US bill seeks to tie massive trade pact to EU rejection of BDS
11-Feb-2015 Times of Israel
A new US Congressional bill, "The Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act", seeks to make rejection of BDS a requirement for Washington to sign TTIP.
Foodwatch: German TTIP study ‘utopian’
10-Feb-2015 EurActiv
Consumer rights NGO foodwatch sharply criticised a German Development Ministry study on TTIP, saying the planned EU-US free trade agreement is a poverty scheme for the world’s poorest countries, and is an “interest-driven sham”
We don’t need the TTIP!
9-Feb-2015 La Libre
The heads of the two main Francophone Belgian unions express their clear reservation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
The impact of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement on biofuel and feedstock markets
7-Feb-2015 AgEconSearch
We assess the impact of a potential TTIP bilateral free trade agreement on the EU and US bio-economies (feedstock, biofuels, by-products, and related competing crops) and major trade partners in these markets
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
6-Feb-2015 Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Advocates of a transatlantic investment treaty should be careful not to overstate their case and play the “China-card” as a core argument for allowing US investors to side-track EU courts.
Turkey to lose $5B annually if not included in TTIP agreement
6-Feb-2015 Turkish Weekly
Turkey stands to lose roughly $5 billion per year in direct losses alone if it is not included in a final free trade agreement between the EU and US, Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs said Thursday.
French Senate tells TTIP negotiators to ‘abolish’ ISDS
6-Feb-2015 EurActiv
The French Senate united on Tuesday (3 February) in its opposition to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS).
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: An accident report
5-Feb-2015 ECIPE
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was launched with highest of ambitions. Yet after more than 500 days of negotiations, the results are plainly discouraging.
Petitioners’ fears over EU-US trade deal well-grounded
5-Feb-2015 FT
It is very difficult to refute the general allegation that the TTIP agenda is driven by big business interests, writes John Kay
EU-US trade deal threatens food safety
5-Feb-2015 FOEE
The trade agreement being negotiated between the US and EU threatens public health, consumer rights and animal welfare standards, shows new analysis today by food and trade experts
Syriza-led Greek parliament ‘will never ratify TTIP’
5-Feb-2015 EurActiv
After making its voice heard in the debate over sanctions on Russia, the new government in Athens is now making its opposition known to the EU-US trade deal, TTIP.
Regulatory cooperation: perhaps boring, but the TTIP storm on the horizon
4-Feb-2015 BEUC
Regulatory cooperation is on the face of it one of the least exciting concepts within the TTIP negotiations. But it is the coming storm on the horizon.