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TTIP

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

European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP and CETA to start soon
24-Jun-2014 Mehr Demokratie
Organisations from all across Europe are currently gearing up for a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) with the aim of repealing the European Union’s negotiating mandate for the Transatlantic Trade Investor Partnership (TTIP) and not concluding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
US says ’science’ should settle trans-Atlantic food trade rules
20-Jun-2014 DW
When US farm lobbyists push for "sound science" as the basis for food supply trade rules, what they mean by this term is that they want Europe to eliminate all restrictions on imports of food from the US, and to adopt a US-style food supply regulatory regime, stripped of the precautionary principle.
The European Commission must not trade off our crown jewels when negotiating the EU-US trade and investment deal
19-Jun-2014 EPHA
SOLIDAR, the Social Platform, EPSU and EPHA are jointly calling on the European Commission to explicitly exclude public services, including social and health services, from the ongoing TTIP negotiations.
French concerns over geographical indications will hamper TTIP talks
18-Jun-2014 EurActiv
Wine is a casus belli for the French government, who may block transatlantic negotiations if geographical indications are not protected. EurActiv France reports.
TTIP: Labour will not back EU-US trade deal without NHS safeguards
18-Jun-2014 IBT
The UK’s shadow trade and investment minister Ian Murray has said that Labour will withdraw its support for the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if safeguards are not inserted to protect public services including the NHS from US investors.
UK: TTIP day of action call out
18-Jun-2014 Red Pepper
Join the day of action throughout the UK on 12 July #NoTTIP
EU pushes US to include financial regulation in free trade deal
16-Jun-2014 Xinhua
A top European Union (EU) official on Friday continued to push for the inclusion of financial regulation in a free trade agreement with the United States, saying it’s vital to ensure global financial stability.
Anti-transparency rules laid out in USTR letter to DG-Trade
16-Jun-2014 KEI
KEI has obtained the terms of reference (TOR) for the confidentiality of the negotiating texts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreement.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft services/investment offer (May 2014)
13-Jun-2014 scribd.com
as leaked to EPSU and released on 13 June 2014
Leaked documents TTIP reveal substantial EU commitments, public services not excluded
13-Jun-2014 EPSU
Documents leaked to EPSU indicate the substantial commitments the European Union is prepared to make to offer access for US companies to European markets under TTIP
US states demand more say in TTIP negotiations
13-Jun-2014 Chemical Watch
Fears that provisions under discussion at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks could impede their ability to regulate chemical safety, environmental protection and public health, have prompted several US states, led by Vermont, to demand a "seat at the table".
Business v state investment disputes in EU spotlight
12-Jun-2014 BBC
Should foreign businesses have the right to take a sovereign state to arbitration to seek compensation for a change in the law or government policy? And if so, in exactly what circumstances?
TTIP agreement may be too big not to happen, says USDA
12-Jun-2014 Farmers Guardian
The US and the European Union may be too big for a free-trade deal not to happen, says USDA chief economist Joseph Glauber
The European Left launches a campaign against TTIP
11-Jun-2014 European Left
The European Left will organise a political campaign against TTIP in synergy with social movements, unions, ecologists, farmers, small enterprises.
TTIP contradicts post-2015 development goals, experts say
11-Jun-2014 EurActiv
The planned US-EU trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), has come up against intense criticism from both sides of the Atlantic. Now development officials have joined the choir.
France: BNP Paribas row ’puts EU-US trade pact at risk’
6-Jun-2014 BBC
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said the reported $10bn (£6bn; 7.3bn euros) US fine being faced by banking giant BNP Paribas could hurt EU-US trade treaty talks.
Bernadette Ségol (ETUC) & Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO) - Joint video interview on TTIP
4-Jun-2014 ETUC
Joint interview on TTIP by Bernadette Ségol, ETUC General Secretary & Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President
Why is it so acceptable to lie to promote trade deals?
30-May-2014 Common Dreams
It’s not polite to use the "L" word here in Washington, but it’s hard not to be more than a bit disgusted with the frequency with which trade pacts are sold as great engines of job creation and economic growth, when they clearly are not, writes Dean Baker.
Finnish media ignores successful anti-TTIP demonstration
28-May-2014
On Friday the 23rd of May 2014, some 1 000 people took to the streets in Helsinki (Finland) to demonstrate against the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, demanding immediate suspension of the negotiations and opening of the mandate.
Investor-to-state dispute settlement is a rigged system
28-May-2014 FFII
ISDS gives the US an unfair advantage — we can not expect EU companies to win ISDS cases against the US.