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

TTIP: new Commission divided over the future of ISDS in EU trade policy
6-Nov-2014 ViEUws
Jennifer Baker is joined by Richard More O’Ferrall, spokesperson for the Greens Group, to discuss the future of trade negotiations between the European Union and United States under the new Juncker Commission.
Turkey could suspend membership in EU Customs Union over TTIP deal: Minister
6-Nov-2014 Ria Novosti
Turkey could suspend its membership in a customs union with the European Union if its interests are not taken into account when Brussels signs a major trade deal with the United States, Turkish EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkir stated Wednesday.
TTIP: European disintegration, unemployment and instability
5-Nov-2014 Tufts University
Using the UN Global Policy Model, this Tufts University paper simulates the impact of TTIP on the global economy in a context of protracted austerity and low growth, which gives dramatically different results from existing assessments.
Russell Brand rails against Monsanto & the TTIP
3-Nov-2014 Live Free Natural
On a recent episode of Russell Brand’s the Trews, the British comedian turned activist spoke with Helena Norberg-Hodge about TTIP and the food system.
Singapore: The Commission to Request a Court of Justice Opinion on the trade deal
31-Oct-2014 European Commission
The Commission decided today to request an opinion of the EU Court of Justice on the competence to sign and ratify a trade agreement with Singapore.
Calls to ban toxic chemicals fall on deaf ears around the world
31-Oct-2014 Newsweek
“If TTIP is passed along the lines that have been released so far, the EU’s endocrine disrupting chemicals regulations would be postponed even further or completely derailed,” says David Azoulay, an attorney at the Centre for International Environmental Law.
Calls for Berry Amendment to be protected in TTIP
29-Oct-2014 Just Style
EU apparel industry wants a provision forbidding the US Department of Defense from buying products not 100% ’made in the US’ to be repealed by TTIP — but its US counterpart is fighting back.
The Micula case: When ISDS messes with EU law
28-Oct-2014 BEUC
This case illustrates the risk that a Member State can be successfully sued by a company within ISDS for merely bringing its legislation or policies in line with EU legislation.
Singapore concerned by ISDS debate, asks investment be “decoupled” from EU deal
28-Oct-2014 EU Trade Insights
As the debate in Europe over investors’ rights to sue States is growing, Singapore has been asking the European Commission to agree to a decoupling of the bilateral trade agreement as the country is concerned the investment protection part of the deal could hold up the entire pact.
Anti-TTIP Front (Malta) condemns government for supporting free trade proposal
26-Oct-2014 Malta Today
Social Europe: Front Against TTIP (Malta) has condemned the government for supporting the proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership while discussions on the free trade agreement are still ongoing between the European Union and the United States.
UK: Poultry sector raise safety concerns over TTIP
25-Oct-2014 Meat Info
Members of the UK poultry industry are concerned that trade negotiations under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and US could undermine food safety.
Member states warn Juncker against ISDS concessions
23-Oct-2014 European Voice
As Juncker gives reassurances to the European Parliament over free trade with the US, 14 member states are urging him to stick to the script.
US-EU trade deal could raise global standards, German Minister says
23-Oct-2014 dpa
Countries like China would need meet the new standards of what would be the largest free-trade zone in the world, German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Wednesday in Washington.
UK: Nurses warn over EU-US trade deal
21-Oct-2014 Press Association
Uncertainty over the impact of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a "growing source of anxiety" among health workers, nurses’ leaders have warned.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht warns ’no TTIP without ISDS’
17-Oct-2014 IBT
The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned that there will be no free trade agreement between the EU and US without the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause.
Departing from TTIP and going plurilateral
17-Oct-2014 Madariaga - College of Europe
European think-tank piece on how TTIP is designed to create a "transatlantic internal market" without the democracy.
Event report: TTIP on the defensive
16-Oct-2014 Atlantic Community
Opponents of any agreement now control the agenda. This has become quickly apparent at an event in Berlin last week featuring leading stakeholders of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
TTIP Day One
16-Oct-2014 Agir pour la Paix
Video by Agir pour la Paix for the D1920 Alliance and Alter Summit
Access denied: MEPs stage TTIP reading room demonstration
15-Oct-2014 GUE/NGL
MEPs staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the TTIP Reading Room in the European Parliament today, in a bid to highlight the lack of transparency surrounding the EU-US trade talks.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: A brief history of an agenda for corporate plunder
15-Oct-2014 Global Research
Ultimately, the TTIP could draw Europe even closer to the US and consolidate the power of Anglo-US financial-corporate interests centred in the City of London and on Wall Street.