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

US, EU aim to ease some trade barriers by November
11-Sep-2018 AP
US trade officials say they hope to reach an agreement with the European Union on lifting some technical barriers to trade between the two powers by November.
Commission proposes to redistribute beef quota to please the US
4-Sep-2018 Euractiv
The European Commission proposed a redistribution of the existing quota for hormone-free beef in order to address longstanding demands from the US to increase its exports within the agreed limits.
Trial of anti-TTIP protester opens on Wednesday in Brussels
4-Sep-2018 Brussels Times
About 20 organisations have signed a declaration of support for the activist and called on supporters to assemble outside the Brussels Law Courts before the hearing.
EU says it is willing to scrap car tariffs in US trade deal
31-Aug-2018 Politico
Malmström insists discussions are not about ‘restarting TTIP’ but aiming for ‘a more limited trade agreement.’
US wants quick progress on EU trade issues, officials say
28-Aug-2018 Euractiv
Washington is pressing the European Union to speed up trade negotiations launched after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
US and EU begin laying the groundwork for a trade agreement
9-Aug-2018 CNBC
The US State Department instructs EU embassies to source trade deliverables. The EU delegation is planning a late-August trip to Washington.
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
8-Aug-2018 BNA
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said.
Guerre commerciale: États-Unis et Europe en désaccord sur l’agriculture
30-Jul-2018 Le Figaro
Bruxelles assure que l’accord scellé la semaine dernière pour éviter une guerre commerciale ne prévoit pas d’ouvrir plus largement l’accès au marché agricole européen. Mais l’administration Trump prétend le contraire. La France demande des clarifications.
Why the US and EU trade models are both bad for people and the planet
27-Jul-2018 Devex
If the US and the EU follow through with their commitments, the new trade relationship would mean more fracking in the US and an attack on European standards for genetically modified organisms, chemicals and other sensitive issues.
EU-US trade truce falters on day 1 over farming
27-Jul-2018 Politico
Europeans don’t want their hallowed farm sector sucked into the deal.
Trump relents on EU car tariffs, as US-China fight derails Qualcomm deal
26-Jul-2018 Reuters
US-EU talks would seek to eliminate trade barriers for non-automotive industrial goods, and transatlantic trade in services, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical products. Europe agreed to increase purchases of US liquefied natural gas and soybeans.
Merkel hopes for trade deal amid Trump’s tariffs threat
24-Jul-2018 Axios
Angela Merkel badly wants a trade deal to prevent Trump from carrying out his threat to put 25% tariffs on car imports into the US.
Trump says EU officials want to negotiate trade deal in Washington visit
19-Jul-2018 Reuters
US President Donald Trump said that European leaders were coming to Washington next week to try to hammer out a deal focused largely on car tariffs.
EU Parliament questions US compliance with data privacy shield, calls for suspension
12-Jul-2018 ICTSD
The European Parliament adopted a resolution to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, saying the US’ compliance efforts to date “fail to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.”
A globalisation for people, not business
5-Jun-2018 Social Europe
Globalisation is in crisis because of its almost totalitarian outreach to all areas of everyday life. People feel a loss of control, because their way of life is perceived as subject to trade requests solely for the benefit of globally acting firms.
Trump’s new tariffs have effectively killed TTIP and may collapse NAFTA
1-Jun-2018 Eurasia Future
China’s preferred model of free trade has already won a favoured position in developing countries vis-a-vis the US model.
Chicken safety fear as chlorine washing fails bacteria tests
28-May-2018 The Guardian
British microbiologists find that American technique at heart of Brexit trade row does not kill listeria and salmonella
Italian populists post final version of gov’t "contract"
21-May-2018 Xinhua
The document opposes international trade treaties such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
EU heads discuss bold-or-fold strategy toward Trump tariffs
17-May-2018 Reuters
European leaders sought unity toward threatened US import tariffs on steel and aluminium, balancing the views of those most fearful of a trade war and those determined not to be bullied into concessions.
US-UK FTA could ’destroy large parts of British farming’, report warns
16-May-2018 Farming UK
A new study has highlighted major concerns surrounding a potential UK and US free trade deal, saying it could "destroy large parts of British farming".