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TTIP

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

Luxembourg: Foreign Minister supports TTIP but “not at all cost”
26-Nov-2014 Luxemburger Wort
Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister says that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership presents an opportunity but EU should not enter the agreement “at all cost.”
Going underground: WikiLeaks on TTIP
24-Nov-2014 RT
Afshin Rattans of Russia Today interviews Kristinn Hrafnsson on the role of WikiLeaks around the secret TTIP, TPP and TiSA negotiations.
Europe-US free trade agreement faces risks
23-Nov-2014 Gulf Daily News
Europe’s proposed free trade agreement with the US would collapse if European leaders bowed to pressure to remove investment protection from any deal, the chairman of EU trade ministers said.
Modalities for investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in TTIP from a trade union perspective
21-Nov-2014 FES
This study discusses the impact of investment protection on social and labour regulation and the autonomy of the social partners in regulating these matters through collective agreements.
‘TTIP would destroy small businesses’
20-Nov-2014 RT
The UK PM promises to launch what he calls ‘rocket boosters’ under a new deal between the EU and America. Not everyone is convinced about this. Nick Dearden joins RTUK for more.
EU’s Malmstroem attempts to revive US trade talks
19-Nov-2014 AFP
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem attempted Wednesday to breath new life into transatlantic trade talks that have been hobbled by opposition to one of the deal’s most controversial components.
Leaked documents on TTIP
19-Nov-2014 ARD
Leaked TTIP negotiating documents show that the EU is trying to protect European banks from strong American financial regulations.
French government will not sign TTIP agreement in 2015
17-Nov-2014 EurActiv
Matthias Fekl, France’s Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, has made it clear that France will not support the inclusion of the Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS) in a potential TTIP agreement.
US unions to fight back against right-wing attacks and trade deals
17-Nov-2014 Left Foot Forward
Following the US mid term elections, unions are mobilising opposition against trade agreements, including a major campaign against ‘Fast Track’ legislation, TPP and TTIP.
TTIP talks: What’s cooking?: Perspectives on food & farming
17-Nov-2014 Greens/EFA
The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament is pleased to invite you to a conference on 10 December 2014 on the impacts of a potential EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) on food and farming.
Cameron pledges support for EU-US trade deal and vows to fight unions over it
16-Nov-2014 BBC and Guardian
UK David Cameron has pledged to put "rocket boosters" behind plans for an EU-US free trade deal and vowed to fight some of those who are against it.
Heinrich Böll Stiftung - re:negotiate (ttip)
13-Nov-2014 Atlantic Community
An international forum for stakeholders and experts, 17 November 2014, Berlin
TTIP and CETA jeopardize EU agriculture and environmental, animal welfare and consumer protection standards
12-Nov-2014 Atlantic Community
EU officials state, but cannot guarantee, that sensitive issues such as growth hormones or GMO admissions will not be watered down as a result of TTIP.
Transatlantic free trade in the balance
12-Nov-2014
The planned EU free trade agreements with the US and Canada have been clouded by months of uncertainty. Now a compromise appears to be in the making following a visit by the EU trade commissioner to Berlin.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and UK healthcare
12-Nov-2014 The BMJ
It is only now, in the context of EU-US negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), that the health implications of free trade agreements have become a front line political concern in the UK.
(mis)Communicating TTIP
11-Nov-2014 CEO
An internal document shows the European Commission and Council have initiated a coordinated “information campaign” on TTIP. But one thing is missing: a strong case.
European Commission taken to court for ‘stifling dissent’ over EU-US trade deal
10-Nov-2014 Stop-TTIP.org
On Monday morning the Stop TTIP coalition, consisting of over 300 civil society groups from across Europe, are filing a lawsuit against the European Commission at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
800,000 sign petition against TTIP
9-Nov-2014 di.ve
Social Europe - Front Against TTIP (Malta) announced that the European Citizen’s self-organised initiative against TTIP, comprising 230 organisations in 21 European countries, has so far collected more than 800,000 signatures.
TTIP’s suit of arms
8-Nov-2014 ALAI
The entire treaty making-process of the TTIP smashes the fundamental principles of the Rule of Law (ie, citizens’ procedural safeguards such as transparency, separation of powers, parliamentary debates…).
More than 700,000 tell Congress: Fast Track is the wrong path
6-Nov-2014 Huffington Post
Today, representatives from environmental, labor, food and farm, consumer rights and other fair trade allies delivered to US Congress more than 700,000 petitions opposing "fast track"—a piece of legislation that would push harmful trade agreements like the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through Congress without any meaningful oversight or assurances that the trade pacts would actually benefit workers, families, and the environment.